The recently seeded iPhone OS 3.1 beta contains a particularly interesting plist file. In the “USBDeviceConfiguration.plist” file, lies a previously unseen device: the “iProd1,1.” This new name harkens back to a few months ago, when an “iPhone3,1″ appeared in a plist file. Months later, we were given the now-current iPhone model.
So what could this mysterious “iProd” be? Given recent news, it may very well be further confirmation of the slowly less mysterious iTablet that has been rumored to exist. However, as Ars Technica suggests, “It’s just as possible it may refer to the camera-equipped iPod nano, though we doubt such a device would run iPhone OS. Hell, it might even be an iPhone nano.”
With Apple especially, we all know we could be in for anything. But stay tuned, as we’re surely in for a shiny (maybe aluminum) treat come September!
Read [ars technica]
I'm guessing it's a placeholder for future products rather than a specific device.