iPod, iTunes, iPhone and more Gadgets

We’re not planning on seeing any sort of confirmation from Sprint on this, but word on the street has it that the carrier has actually halted shipments of the LG Rumor to its retail outlets. Apparently, the handset has a “known issue where certain sets of key presses during startup can trigger a complete erasure of the phone’s firmware.” Purportedly, the device cannot be restored once triggered save for at the factory, but LG is hard at work creating an updated firmware that “removes the code from being accessible.” Once that’s completed and approved, existing users can expect an over-the-air download to be made available, and users to-be can expect the mobiles to start showing back up with the update already loaded on.

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To round-out the 2007 year of rumoring, here is a wrap up of some of the biggest leaks from 2007.

iPod “Fat” Nano Images

9to5Mac first posted a mockup of the shorter/wider iPod nano on July 17th which was met with skepti…

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