3G iPhone : The plot thickens…
Filed under Apple, Intertubes, Spotted on April 9th, 2008
Mossberg said he sees it sometime in the next 60 days (or, maybe he didn’t).
Gruber calls bull:
Mossberg’s the same guy who claimed in July last year that Apple would release an iPhone update with Flash support “within the next couple of months”.
Update: Regarding my “I have no idea why…” question, reader S. Ben Melhuish writes: “This one’s easy — it’s because so many Mac and gadget writers want it to be true.” That sounds about right.
Then again, hard evidence might prove ole Walt right:
Discovered by the creators of the popular ZiPhone jailbreak and unlocking utility, a small, nondescript entry in the new firmware used to identify the phone’s chipset refers to a device known as “SGOLD3.”
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Still, the newly discovered hardware references all but confirm the dependence of a 3G iPhone launch on Apple’s firmware overhaul, which is officially scheduled to debut sometime in June. It also corroborates past claims by analysts that predicted an Infineon chip at the heart of an iPhone upgrade due in mid-year.
As with every rumor worth its’ salt, we’ll have to wait and see.
