The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has confirmed the winning design of the fourth form factor of the SIM card is the design submitted by Apple for the Nano-SIM.

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For anyone who is interested in seeing what this metallic glass is like see if you can get hold of the special little tool that Apple hands out with the iPhone3 for removing the SIM card.

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Now like a good modern worker bee, I left fully prepared with my SIM card and the entire suite of Apple devices in tow.

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Despite bearing a resemblance to Apple's iPod -- both in shape and size -- Sim said the company had purposefully avoided making the product too small.

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Three people from last year's list missed the cut, including Sim Wong Hoo, whose Creative Technology's iPod-type player lost ground to Apple's popular iPod.

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