The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has published the new 4FF nano-SIM standard a week after it announced having chosen the final design. It was rumored that Apple's nano-SIM design won over the the one proposed by the Nokia, Motorola, and RIM consortium, but now we know that for sure.
RIM and Motorola have put forward a new proposal, an updated design of their 4FF Nano-SIM, and a compromise which it is hoped that Apple will accept. The Nano-SIM wars have been raging for a while now, with the claws coming out back in March when Apple on one side, and Nokia, Rim and Motorola on the other, pushed for their own designs in terms of SIM shrinkage.