Seven generations of iPod nano evolution have culminated in something pretty special. The latest iteration of Apple's mini music player is its thinnest, has the biggest screen ever (for a Nano), and tosses in Bluetooth to boot. Is it great? Yes. Is it enough to make you care about MP3 players again? Not really.
A low-cost "iPhone Nano" is in the works, reports China Times (via BGR).
This rumor seems to surface annually since the iPhone's introduction in 2007.
China's $375 iPhone 3GS is too expensive to compete with more affordable Android handsets, so Apple would clearly want to shake up the market and get more people using its hardware.
An "iPhone Nano" could be just the ticket -- a fraction of the price (and presumably the size) that would still offer most, if not all, of the same functionality of the iPhone 4 or 4S.
As Zach Epstein of BGR puts it, "the “iPhone nano” is rumor until it’s not."
When it comes to batteries, Apple has been having a lousy week. After complaints that its updated iOS had failed to sort out a battery life problem with the iPhone 4S, now comes news that the company is launching a worldwide replacement program for the 1st-generation iPod nano - not that there can be too many of them still out there, of course.
At its event today in California, Apple announced a new line of iPod Nano MP3 players.
It comes in 7 colors and will be sold in two varieties: 8GB for $129, and 16GB for $149.
Available today.
There will be expanded Nike+ capabilities, and you no longer need Nike+ shoes because the Nano's have pedometers built in.
Apple keeps coming with the news from its "Let's talk iPhone" event, and the latest is a price drop for its diminutive PMP, the Nano. From now on, you'll be forking over $129 for an 8GB version and $149 for twice the tunage space. In addition to the lower price.
