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Map talk could point the way to a new iPhone
A recent job posting combined with some interesting hardware sightings is prompting renewed speculation on what the new iPhone model will look like.
The job in question is said to concern the development of a new mapping application for the iPhone. While the iPhone already has software based on Google Maps, the planned application is reportedly going to be an in-house development from Apple and some have speculated that it may even have roots with the company's recent purchase of mapping firm Placebase.
Given the recent minor falling out Apple has had with Google and the growing competitiveness between the iPhone and Android platforms, this seems like a pretty natural step for Apple to take to distance itself a bit from Google.
The second rumor could shed even more light on the next iPhone. A developer in San Francisco has picked up traces of a new iPhone device. Using a public transportation monitoring tool known as iBart which monitors mobile traffic on the Bay Area subway system, researchers have caught wind of an "iPhone 3.1" device.
The update is not wholly unexpected, as Apple loves to issue annual updates to its products, and the iPhone has traditionally been unveiled in the winter/early spring and gone live in late June with an iPhoneOS firmware update.
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