What's Next With The iPhone?

Sold out? C'mon, Apple must have just shipped the rest of their inventory to Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Turkey and India to whet demand in these and other countries where they have new contracts. Nice move, though, and nothing sells like "sold out" does. Tell someone they can't have something, even if its poison oak, and they'll line up to get some! Don't you just love marketing?

Okay, 3G seems to be imminent. Probably 32GB of on-board RAM like the Touch. Improved Bluetooth compatibility should be on the menu. And I'm speculating a memory card slot and back massage capability - or at least one of those! Guess which.

It may be premature, but I'm also anticipating an iPhone Nano for the active summer-goer. Same great taste, fewer calories. Something that appeals to the simple phone crowd, maybe eschewing WiFi, camera and any other battery-hogging features, with a screen still three or four times larger than the iPod Nano. (Well, okay, it will still be much more than just a phone in the end, but scaled down from the original - until it's fuel-cell driven!

I may have mentioned earlier a mini iPhone coinciding with the next Christmas season - have you started your shopping yet? - but it probably makes more sense to get it out the door now and build some WOM cred over the busy summer vacation travel season, to prime for the late-fall shopping season. Hamburgers and hot tech on the grill!