Friday, March 20, 2009

More evidence arises for future iPhone models in latest beta

As developers begin downloading and installing the beta of the next-gen iPhone SDK, clues continue to surface about future iPhone and iPod touch models. Yesterday, we reported on a file that described what might be a new iPod touch model with AAC encoding capabilities. One developer discovered a file with references to two new iPhone models, a possible new iPod touch model, and two mystery products simply referred to as "iProd" and "iFPGA" respectively.

The file, /System/Library/AppleUSBDevice/USBDeviceConfiguration.plist, lists details about the USB configuration of the various iPhone and iPod touch models, as well as the device ID and product names. The same file in iPhone OS 2.2.1 lists the original iPhone, iPhone 3G, and first- and second-gen iPod touches, referred to as iPhone1,1; iPhone1,2; iPod1,1; and iPod2,1 respectively. It also lists an unknown iPhone model, labelled iPhone2,1, which starting turning up in web server logs as far back as October 2008.

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