Web Clip Icons!

Over at Bitt Box.com a blog was posted today alerting designers to the growing importance to tailor web design to the increasing number of iPhone and iTouch users.

WebClip Icons are strictly for iPhone & iPod Touch users, but since they are quite the popular little devices, website owners might want to think about adding a WebClip icon soon. A WebClip icon is the icon that the iPhone/iPod Touch uses if a user adds your site to their (now customizable) homescreens.

The icon itself gets cropped a bit when the iPhone adds the glossy effect to your icon. So, you'll want logos and text to fall within 47—47 pixels within the 57 pixels. Also scaling the icon a few pixels larger than 57—57 will increase its resolution a bit when the iPhone scales it back down.

Here is an example that apple provided for scale & image optimization.