So, there’re new rumours regarding an alleged iPhone Nano. This time there’s even a picture illustrating the new device. I think that this is once again fake. For one, Apple just axed Steve’s speech at this MacWorld. If there really was an iPhone Nano, wouldn’t Steve Jobs want to disclose it to the public himself, instead of letting Phil Schiller do it?

Another doubt comes with the sole idea of a minimized version of the iPhone. A large deal of the iPhone experience comes from the App Store. These applications have been written for the specific display resolution of the current iPhone / iPod Touch hardware. A new device with a smaller screen wouldn’t be able to sufficiently run these applications. I highly doubt that Apple would want a differentiated device landscape, where every developer has to include countless special cases in his code to account for all the quirks of the different devices available (much like with web development). 

So, given that there’s not Steve Jobs at MacWorld, and that an iPhone Nano presumably wouldn’t be able to run App Store applications, I highly doubt the existence of an iPhone Nano. I hope I am wrong though, as a cheap iPhone would expand the App Store audience even further.

I just recieved an email from Open Tech’s Vice President of online sales and PR that states the following sentence as the sole line in the email:

“Open Tech is For sale. This includes all trade secrets and brand equity. Thank you for tour time.”

For those who have not followed the Open Tech story, they are/were a company that created a line of computers able to install and run Mac OS X.

Apple filed lawsuit after lawsuit trying to drive the small company under. It seems the house that Steve built finally dealt the crushing blow.

Apple’s much anticipated iPhone 2 was released in the US today. As previously reported, the phone is on a 3G network and is half the price of the original iPhone. The iPhone 2 firmware is also available to download from Apple to install on the original iPhone for via the Apps Store. The firmware will.

In related news, Apple’s new MobileMe service went live on July 10th. MobileMe, which replaces .Mac offers email, calendar, and other services.

Well, it’s happened. Apple officially has Intel chipsets working on comsumer level computers.

The first two Apple computers to use Intel Core Duo, a dual core chip, are the MacBook Pro and the iMac. The iMac starts at $1299 and the MacBook starts at $1999. Apple claims these new dual core processors are 2-4 times faster than the PowerPC chips that formerly powered Apple products.

Apple has also unveiled a program called “Rosetta.” Like the fabled Rosetta Stone for which it’s named, it translates PowerPC developed programs so that they will run on the new Intel based machines. Though, there are some programs that do not translate for one reason or another. Apple says that their PowerPC based Pro line of multimedia accessories will not work under Rosetta. Current owners of that set of programs will have to rebuy the components from Apple for a “minimal cost.”

Should you upgrade? If your iMac or MacBook isn’t very old, you should not worry about it unless you must have the newest technology.

This is an awesome tip. I should have known about this some months ago when I sold my iBook. Theconsultant.net explains how to reset your Mac so it starts with the Out-Of-The-Box experience again, that is Intro-Movie, Account setup, Network-Setup, etc. I think that’s a great thing to do when you sell a Mac.