The 'net is abuzz with Apple's latest patent application for what looks like a clamshell version of the oft-speculated iPhone Nano.

This is a prediction that must satisfy the following two conditions in order to be judged favorably:

1.) Apple releases an iPhone "Nano" (it need not be called the Nano per se, but it must be at least 70% of the size, judged by surface area of the face, of the current iPhone when closed i.e. in its most minimal configuration)

2.) The iPhone "Nano" as released also has a clamshell-like design based around at least one hinge on the device (even if that hinge ultimately serves a different purpose than it does for the clamshells we know and love. . .)