[Chris Barylick]

We're not sure if this is supposed to be happening, but Chinese parts supplier China Ontrade is offering an "Apple iPhone 4 Generation Midboard", which the company claims it received from Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn on November 1st. The company posted the following content: 

We also have final pictures of iPhone 4 Generation with amazingly beautiful back cover that will come here up soon. Please check for updates.

The same company last week posted what it claims to be a SIM card tray from the fourth-generation iPhone, although the site also referred to the device as an "iTablet", suggesting that the tray could be from Apple's much-rumored tablet project rather than the iPhone.

Despite this, the company has a spotty track record, as a previous claim of the third-generation iPhone bezel posted a month before the release of the iPhone 3GS actually turned out to apparently be from the Creative Zii Egg. A claimed LCD for the iPhone 3GS posted at the same time, however, does appear to have been correct. Consequently, it remains to be seen whether this latest part is in fact from a next-generation iPhone, which would be a significant surprise this early before an expected launch next summer, or if it is from some other device.

[Via Gizmodo]

[Stephen007]

I know it might be a bit early (maybe this is a good podcast topic), but what kinds of new things are we expecting to see in the next generation of the iPhone. My wife asked me recently and I have to admit that I was kind of stumped. The iPhone 3GS, as is, is pretty much what I'd always imagined the iPhone should be.

Obvious improvements...
- processor bump
- memory bump (both for storage & OS use)
- better camera

But those are all incremental, boring types of updates. Good? Sure, but not Apple sexy.

[vidkid]

How about better battery or one you can swap....

[wizdomseeker]

simple answer- all the stuff that the droid commercial says it doesn't do.

[Michael Johnston]

Teleporter and mind-link function.