Apple's Legal Demanded Photos of Rumored 3G iPod Nano Come Down

Earlier in the week a photo was posted on the 9to5mac website that was supposedly a leaked shot of an upcoming iPod Nano. As is par for the course with leaked shots of unreleased products, the image was grainy and met by more than a bit of skepticism.

It seems some credence was given to the leaked shot when Apple lawyers called up the guys at Engadget and 9to5mac and ordered the image to be removed. Now I can’t see Apple going through all that trouble if the image wasn’t real, but you never know. Perhaps it was just a slow day for the Apple legal team and they needed someone to mess with. At any rate, if the image is the new Nano the thing is ugly and looks more than a little like a Zune to me. The shot you see here is a mock up that Engadget made, not the actual photo in question.