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Originally Posted by MaxPower
Now, as far as I know, the iPhone has every bit of communication technology (and more) that the iPod Touch has (including Bluetooth/WiFi, which is apparently the method of communication used by the Nike+) so I'm still wondering how a "hardware thing" could be why the iPhone is not currently supported.
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The difference is that to include the receiver in the phone, you have to go through all of the FCC/CRTC/whatever-its-called-in-your-country certifications all over again. Apple released the 3G iPhone only a little while ago, they aren't going to go through that again when they can just sell you another $150 Nano to get the job done.
The Nike+ wireless is just different enough that you can't tweak an existing bluetooth or wifi firmware to make it work. It's closer to an RFID tag than either of these wireless technologies.