From
CNN.com:
Another analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray said he expects Apple to bring out iPods that resemble iPhone, which features such as a touch-sensitive screen, later this year. Such products would help stop iPhone eating into iPod sales.
Same article, different "analyst":
"We believe that iPod Nano will be converted into a phone because it's probably the only way for Apple to launch a lower end phone without severely cannibalizing iPod Nano," he said noting that the new phone could have "rather limited functionality."
Yes, why would anyone buy a iPod Nano that only plays music when they could get a iPhone with "rather limited functionality" that requires a two-year service agreement with AT&T? (Plus, I will be impressed if Apple was able to make an iPhone the same size and sell roughly for the same price as a Nano.)
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You beat me to that one -- it had me wondering exactly what the job requirements were for 'technology analyst.'
BTW, yesterday's action led to a story today in which the iPhone Nano rumor was disavowed.
An interesting side note is that another Apple analyst speculation assumes that the 6th-gen iPod will be OS X-based but crippled by lack of Wi-Fi functionality. This makes me intensely curious as to the contents of the agreement between Apple and AT&T, since absent a contractual limitation against such a product, a hard drive Wi-Fi iPhone minus the phone seems like a no-brainer to me (at least inasmuch as it's the product I want until high-capacity flash drives are more affordable).
Tom, I covered that one on your blog.
It's a no-brainer, to be sure, but it requires a carrier that can support it.
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