The hot tech rumor today has to do with the next version of the iPod nano, namely what size and shape it will be. This render comes to us by way of iLounge, one of the more trustworthy sites out there.

To make a long story short, Apple wants to give the nano a larger screen, more along the lines of the one found in the iPhone and iPod touch (but not a touchscreen).

Apple really only has one option if it wants to increase the nano’s screen size, and that’s by making the whole thing a little bigger. No, not hideously large or anything, but along the lines of the flash-based Zune or the old school iPod mini.

Apple usually intros new iPods in early September, but there’s no indication exactly when it’ll intro the new nano.

iPod nano 4G: a Zune-alike? [iLounge]