It looks like the new iPhone and iPod Touch models might be hitting around the time iPhone OS 3.0 is available. Digging through the iPhone 3.0SDK reveals designations for two new iPhone model and two new iPod Touch models. Engadget Mobile has reported:
"The beta 3.0 build provided to developers this week has uncovered the same product code 'iPhone2,1' found before in addition to an even newer,awesomer 'iPhone3,0.' For the record, the iPhone 3G is identified as 'iPhone1,2'. Turning our attention to the iPod touch, the current model carries the 'iPod2,1' designation, but models 'iPod2,2' and 'iPod3,1' have both been rooted out of the binary. June is widely speculated as the time that we'd be seeing new iPhone models -- right about the time that 3.0 is released to the general public -- so we don't have terribly long to wait to get this sorted out."
Some of the other staffers at G4 are pressuring me to join the iPhone bandwagon. Perhaps these new models can win me over, particularly if one of them had a physical keyboard. That said, all the hardware hotness in the world can't stop AT&T's network from *u*king in the places I work and play. Maybe, I'll just go with a Palm Pre to be contrary...or a Nokia N97 to piss off Leahy.
Do you think the SDK reveals refreshes to the iPhone and iPod Touch lines? If so, what features would you like to see?