14 DAY TRIAL // A generally reliable source of rumors points out to an "intriguing" piece of code found in iOS 4 which seems to indicate that new Apple hardware is beginning field testing.
"iPhone3,2," "iPhone3,3," and "iProd2,1" are said to be referenced in the code.
Should history be any indication, these references would point to a new version of the iPhone 4 (the rumored CDMA-capable handset), and a new version of the Apple iPad (the alleged 7-inch model.
The source leaking this information to The Boy Genius Report claims that the code queries the device, meaning it can auto-activate, so that it can be field tested without having to activate using iTunes.
It is yet unknown whether Apple does this to ensure that carriers don’t sniff anything by looking at activation logs, or just to keep things simple, the BGR notes.
The site also notes that a separate source has obtained the platform codes for the rumored CDMA iPhone, and for the next-generation iPod touch. These allegedly are N92AP for the iPhone, and N81AP for the iPod touch respectively.
Softpedia readers may remember that Apple pundit John Gruber recently claimed to have learned that Apple’s next-generation iPhone was code-named N92.
In a post dated Wednesday, 11 August 2010, the blogger said the information he’d been receiving lately seemed to corroborate talks of a January release for the CDMA iPhone 4, through Verizon.
“I don’t know anything about negotiations with Verizon, and I doubt anyone does other than the highest-level executives at both companies,” Gruber noted.
“But I do know that engineering-wise, the wheels are turning on N92, the CDMA variant of the iPhone 4,” he revealed.
“It’s certainly not in production yet, and hasn’t reached DVT status (device verification test — like Gray Powell’s infamous stolen unit), but it is, a few little birdies claim, at EVT (engineering verification test),” the pundit explained at the time.
EVT is one step below DVT, “which is one step below production,” the knowledgeable pundit outlined.