Wild speculation: iPhone to launch in August?

A reader is reporting to us that a coworker's tech-unsavvy friend, who is regularly hired by Apple to do marketing photo shoots, was recently brought on to take some shots of "the sleekest, sexiest damn phone he's ever seen." The launch date? "Some time in August." Yeah, not a typo -- August.

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iPhone, iPod messenger clues in latest iPod software

An AppleInsider member by the name of VL-Tone recently dissected the latest iPod firmware update and made some interesting discoveries.

I don't believe this is fake as this has been corroborated by several people and, well, everything on the Internet is true, but...

1) Why is this in the present firmware and not future firmware when the iPhone is release?
2) Why is this in the Nano firmware at all?I reckon we might be looking at either an iPhone, a slightly larger Nano with the phone stuff built in.
Or, possibly, an attachment for the existing Nano that can be removed, sort of like the flip for the Sony Ericsson P900 / P910 / P990; a numberpad that covers the clickwheel but not the screen. If the keypad is up it acts like a phone, when the keypad is flipped down the clickwheel can be used and it acts just like a normal iPod. Seems to fit the apple characteristic of keeping things simple and separate - if you don't need the phone features and you just want the music, leave the attachment at home.

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Apple filings reveal future iPod, iPhone designs!

A recent series of design filings made by Apple reveal possible future iPod interfaces. One shows what appears to be a Nano with a cell phone key pad. Is iPhone at least a consideration at Apple? It must be.

What did they say?
...Hmm, I smell a lawsuit a 'comin' [image]
...Wow. The bigger news here is that the second drawing almost exactly resembles the Toshiba Gigabeat S. Toshiba better hope they got their filing in before this one.
...So why would I buy a phone from a company that has no experience making phones. It's like buying a car that was made by John Deere. I would rather buy a SonyEricsson W800 or 810. Which is a real phone, but with the option of playing music. This would probably be a music player, but with the option to make phone calls, screw that.

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