iProd 1,1(Tablet?) lives inside, runs iPhone OS 3.1

Seth Weintraub
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August 04, 2009
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Ars points to a USBDeviceConfiguration file which lives in the iPhone SDK 3.1 that has a surprising new addition.  Included in all of the recent iPhone SDK updates until now has been the iProd 0,1 device file.  0,1 device files typically stand for prototypes in Apple hardware lingo. 

As of iPhone SDK 3.1, there is now a new device profile for an iProd 1,1.   Theoretically, this means that production "iProd" devices are already being trialled on iPhone OS 3.1.  Ars speculates that this could be the tablet or perhaps even an iPod nano with a camera that would run the iPhoneOS (and would therefore have a lot of other goodies). 

Frankly, its hard to decide which of these scenarios is more exciting.

Comments (22)

hayweed (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 2:53pm

May just be placeholders for the new ipod touches that contain video cameras.

BB (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 4:35pm

that would be iPod3,1 - which also means the 4th Gen iPhone is iPhone3,1 ...

crsfc (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 5:11pm

iPhone3,1 is the 3gs not the 4th gen iphone.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 5:39pm

I think the 3GS is actually "iPhone2,1" since the 3G was "iPhone1,2" and the original "iPhone1,1". It would therefore seem correct that the next (4th) generation iPhone will be "iPhone3,1".

Sherwin Zadeh (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 2:55pm

Why does every thing have to point to a tablet?
Maybe it's the Chinese iPhone which we know will be a different product than the other iPhones world-wide.

These tablet rumors are completely out of control...

Olternaut (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 6:26pm

"These tablet rumors are completely out of control..."

Your point?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 3:14pm

Maybe it's an inside joke by Steve Jobs?

iProd your ass, you get excited about it?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 3:54pm

I say no to tablet running iPhone OS.

Sherwin Zadeh (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 4:33pm

As a developer I agree. You'd need a whole new set of apps designed for it.

What Apple really needs to be doing is creating the next gen of Mac OS X with multi-touch. If you look at Snow Leopard, it's getting a lot of small styling changes making it look more like the iPhone OS.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 5:34pm

standardMuxPTPEthernet

Ethernet? Not your run of the mill handheld.

kirkgray (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 5:37pm

I think Apple is finally getting into the lucrative cattle prod business. And about time too!

Too bad they're too late to the game to get Dennis Weaver as product pitchman. I can hear his voice now: "Heifer stuck in a thicket? There's a prod for that. The iProd. Only from Apple."

Matt (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 5:59pm

It's interesting that it mentions ethernet. Even though Apple has been moving away from wires, this points to a little different monster than the iPhone/iPod family.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 6:03pm

Maybe updated AppleTV?

Please please please be true!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 6:42pm

I work for Apple. It is not a new product. Steve told me it is a baseband tweak to make dogs gay.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 05, 2009 - 5:59am

You'r gay. LoL

lions (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 7:58pm

It's the new Verizon Hub 2

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 9:01pm

Iprod = Ipod Pro

replica louboutin (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 11:07pm

I choose the products and services

replica louboutin (not verified) | August 04, 2009 - 11:25pm

I choose the products and services

geezer76 (not verified) | August 05, 2009 - 3:55am

check this: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technolo...

so the term "prod" would actually fit!!

Karl Taylor (not verified) | August 05, 2009 - 2:06pm

I think it's pretty safe to assume the name is a placeholder for an unreleased product. However, wasn't this discovered in the USB communications plist? Apple could very well be attempting to liscene IPhone OS, with the "iProd" being any generic device that conforms to some hardware specifications. Could also be part of the cat&mouse game with Palm. Maybe established support for third party devices in iTunes?

Dunno. More exciting to think it's the tablet I guess.

CHI straightener (not verified) | August 13, 2009 - 11:31pm

I think it's pretty safe to assume the name is a placeholder for an unreleased product. However, wasn't this discovered in the USB communications plist? Apple could very well be attempting to liscene IPhone OS