If it does, the iPod Touch (which is almost identical to the iPhone but lacks the 3G cellular radio) could support a 50Mbps data rate, more than twice that of the current 802.11ag radios used by the product family.

Apple this week lowered the price for the original 8GB iPod Touch and introduced , with 32 and 64Gbytes of memory respectively.

The chip inside is the Broadcom BCM4329, , the first Broadcom 11n product designed for mobile devices. The single chip combines 802.11n with 802.11abg, Bluetooth, and FM radio. It runs in both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. Full details are in the company’s for the chip. 

The chip was discovered during a step-by-step disassembly of a brand-new 32GB iPod Touch by , a Web site founded in 2003 by a pair of Cal Poly tinkerers, to help other people tinker with their electronics. 

They discovered the Broadcom chip at . An shows the Broadcom name and chip identification.