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While trying to report a problem in iTunes, Mac developer David Watanabe stumbled upon what could be the beginnings of movie rentals on iTunes. When browsing the reasons you could submit problems under, he discovered some unusual strings, and posted a screenshot of them on Flickr. Among them were: “DidNotReceiveMovie-Renjavascript:promptTag(“link”);talMovie,” “AccidentalPurchase-RentalMovie,” “ContentQuality-RentalMovie,” “DuplicatePurchase-RentalMovie,” “WrongVersion-RentalMovie,” “BadMetadata-RentalMovie” and “Other-RentalMovie.”

It has been rumored for a while that Apple might begin to rent movies on iTunes, as it has been a much-requested feature. Whether these strings actually end up meaning anything, is still up for speculation. Engadget has claimed that these strings have since been removed, though when I went to check for myself, I was greeted with an iTunes prompt stating that “The iTunes Store could not process my request at this time.” Let me know if you have any better luck.

Via [AppleInsider]