Pinch Media Details "iPhone 2,1" Usage

Pinch Media responded to the report that ad view stats showed an "iPhone 2,1" (AKA a new model) in the wild by providing some new and more detailed information.

For some reason, Pinch Media said they've seen the iPhone 2,1 for quite some time and "didn't think much of it." Huh? Here's what they added:

• the first time an application using Pinch Analytics was run by a ‘iPhone 2,1′ device occurred back in early October 2008;

• applications using Pinch Analytics were run by ‘iPhone 2,1′ devices very sporadically until mid-December 2008, when the pace picked up slightly;

• to date, a few dozen distinct ‘iPhone 2,1′ devices have run almost two dozen different applications using Pinch Analytics;

• when ‘iPhone 2,1′ devices run applications using Pinch Analytics’ optional geolocation tracking, they’re almost exclusively located in the south San Francisco Bay Area;

• while most of the sessions have been made from wifi connections, there’s been a few connections over AT&T’s network, so presumably this device handles both;

• the applications that have been run by Pinch Analytics don’t share much in common, except for their size — they’re among the larger applications to use our stuff, with hundreds of thousands to millions of unique users.

South San Francisco Bay Area? Like around Cupertino?

I also note that most of the sessions have been via wi-fi, so maybe that's why the iPhone 3G had 3G connectivity issues out of the box; not enough 3G testing, and too much wi-fi testing?

At any rate, Pinch Media didn't (natch) have info on screen size, CPU type or anything like that, so looks like that's all, move along, move along.

And did anyone seriously think Apple wasn't working on a new iPhone?