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Apple Job Posting Suggests Video Recording Coming to Future iPad Models
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Incorrect, there is no difference in the cellular components for the Chinese version. It only lacks Wi-Fi.
All 3G iPhones use UMTS-WCDMA not CDMA2000
camera
i think it would be nice to have a front-facing camera on the iPad.
I've said it before, but do you think they might have withheld the camera from the iPad because of the Nokia litigation?
Even though it's far-fetched that any litigation would have halted the import of the iPad, could it have caused a delay, or an implied infraction that could have made the lawsuit get more complicated later on? Maybe leaving the cam out was for those strategic legal reasons?
Am i nuts on this one?
i think it would be nice to have a front-facing camera on the iPad.
I've said it before, but do you think they might have withheld the camera from the iPad because of the Nokia litigation?
Even though it's far-fetched that any litigation would have halted the import of the iPad, could it have caused a delay, or an implied infraction that could have made the lawsuit get more complicated later on? Maybe leaving the cam out was for those strategic legal reasons?
Am i nuts on this one?
Pretty sure that the statement about Apple being "nimble" with the price is more to assure content and app providers that Apple is going to do what is required to make the iPad a success. People here can and should read into that statement what they want, but I just can't see Apple making it for any other reason.
Well since they've announced the price, I doubt there will be a camera in the first generation iPads. No doubt it would be shaky as anything until they get some sort of steady shot feature for the camera.
But once they do put the camera in I bet its going to be rockin' for video conferencing . . .iChat on the iPad?
But once they do put the camera in I bet its going to be rockin' for video conferencing . . .iChat on the iPad?
Radio, radio!
Listening to radio streaming is not exactly the same as listening to the radio, is it? Without internet connection, you cannot do it. Not all radio stations are available for streaming either. It is a bit like explaining the lack of Blu Ray on Macs like "but you can watch those films on download". Yes, but it's not the same. The audio is worse, the resolution is worse, it's a completely different format.
About the revolutionary marketing... I wonder, how that revolutionary marketing will set out the introduction of radio to iPods and the iPhone. I think or rather I hope that it is inevitable now. Everything has radio, absolutely everything. I bet that my socks can find BBC Radio 4.
Listening to radio streaming is not exactly the same as listening to the radio, is it? Without internet connection, you cannot do it. Not all radio stations are available for streaming either. It is a bit like explaining the lack of Blu Ray on Macs like "but you can watch those films on download". Yes, but it's not the same. The audio is worse, the resolution is worse, it's a completely different format.
About the revolutionary marketing... I wonder, how that revolutionary marketing will set out the introduction of radio to iPods and the iPhone. I think or rather I hope that it is inevitable now. Everything has radio, absolutely everything. I bet that my socks can find BBC Radio 4.
Has anyone even seen the specs presented to the FCC? How do we know that they don't have a camera 3g ipad prototype being reviewed?
The whole thing is strange, if they are waiting on the FCC for 3G, which of course makes sense, they would not need to wait to release the IPAD wifi. Why are they making people wait without even so much as a presale?
The Wii proved that people will still buy something with a silly name if it's a hot item.
This thing is 1 month away from being released and they are already talking about price drop and upgrade... Honestly... lol 
Nudge me in 2-3 years time when they get it right.
Thanks!
Nudge me in 2-3 years time when they get it right.
Thanks!
iPad for iDad (iGrandad and iGranny, aka iNan)
The elderly will love this thing (the wealthier ones with nice teeth). So, perhaps the iPad is the perfect name for it. If you are 80 and are in a home, the last thing you care about is multitasking. You are happy if you are still able to hold the thing in your hands. If you can still read it, that's just fantastic!
No Flash? No problem! Motion picture is for young people, anyway!
No camera? Even better! That way the grandchildren don't have to worry, whether granny is just sleeping or there is something...
The elderly will love this thing (the wealthier ones with nice teeth). So, perhaps the iPad is the perfect name for it. If you are 80 and are in a home, the last thing you care about is multitasking. You are happy if you are still able to hold the thing in your hands. If you can still read it, that's just fantastic!
No Flash? No problem! Motion picture is for young people, anyway!
No camera? Even better! That way the grandchildren don't have to worry, whether granny is just sleeping or there is something...
This iPad really has my interest. I can't wait to see one for myself. But I heard that Apple had been working on it for 7 years and I have to believe that this product is being released without specific features as a planned roadmap for other features down the road. Apple cannot and will not serve the cake at every product launch unless they own the patent on every feature..
Don't drop the price put the right features in and people will buy! Gives is our front facing video cam that we won't use!
well here go one of the Steve Jobs quotes...`
“You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.”
No matter what apple produce, people will just continue to ask for more....
same like the iPhone, till date which still got people claiming they want keyboad.
“You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.”
No matter what apple produce, people will just continue to ask for more....
same like the iPhone, till date which still got people claiming they want keyboad.
Yes, but dropping the price to move units means losing margin, and then guess what Apple has on their hands? Their version of a netbook. They have room to give, but they surely don't want to do that. If they wanted to create a sub $500, lower margin device, there were easier ways to get there than the iPad.
Talking about a potential price drop before the product is even released means that this rollout is not going the way they intended.
They may do what is required to make the iPad a success, but that could also mean to address a common complaint - lack of a camera - and get version 1.5 out by the "back-to-school" season later this year.
I never really got the whole iThing in the first place what the hell is an i-Pod anyway? Since they use i in front of all these devices the iPad name doesnt bother me a bit, but then Im an adult. I dont giggle like a schoolgirl every time a sportscaster uses the term ballplayer either.
I think people will eventually get used to the name except the Apple haters, but then theyre douche bags so of course they think of feminine hygiene products.
This has nothing to do with adding a camera to the iPad. The camera should have been there in the first place. Smart people have to wait until the 3rd generation of this device before it gives enough value.
Hey thanks... while the name still doesn't make sense as it applys to an Mp3 player, at least now I know where it came from.
What are they doing?
What are your doing mr apple? i love apple products but i refuse to buy a device which i have no control over. I can understand slightly with the iphone but what is going to make me buy the ipad??
I dont want somebody to tell me where and what i can download. I dont want to wait for apple to give permission for me to use a program. I.e how long did it take for skype and tomtom to come out.
I think apple will have the shock of there lives when the ipad is ready, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
I DONT WANT A GIANT IPHONE, my iphone is limited as it is.
It could of been so much better, imagine being able to hook it up to any display and watching home movies, films (using something like perian)
Imagine being able to use Apple Remote Desktop - (I would buy 2 Ipads then, and just leave one by the tv), also being able to fix my families computers from abroad.
There are so many good things that could of been done. Personally i feel the Home Theatre Idea would of drawn in many customers.
A huge disappointment... no flash, are you kidding me? i dont care if its buggy, give us the option of turning it on and off you morons, then its our own problem if it crashes, but give us some dam control.
If everything is moving to html 5 or whatever, fine but at least give us an option instead of leaving us in the dark.
Camera for video conferencing, skype oooo so many things. For business men like myself who travel can talk and watch our families on a portable device.
Even things like wireless mixer displays in the studio, or wireless plugins, ideas are endless.
Maybe even open the ipad up for gaming, what i mean is not just touch screen games, but hooking up a control pad. I dont like touch games, i dont think you can ever beat a control pad.
Please apple before you destroy the ipad and it gets given the boot.
What are your doing mr apple? i love apple products but i refuse to buy a device which i have no control over. I can understand slightly with the iphone but what is going to make me buy the ipad??
I dont want somebody to tell me where and what i can download. I dont want to wait for apple to give permission for me to use a program. I.e how long did it take for skype and tomtom to come out.
I think apple will have the shock of there lives when the ipad is ready, and they have no one to blame but themselves.
I DONT WANT A GIANT IPHONE, my iphone is limited as it is.
It could of been so much better, imagine being able to hook it up to any display and watching home movies, films (using something like perian)
Imagine being able to use Apple Remote Desktop - (I would buy 2 Ipads then, and just leave one by the tv), also being able to fix my families computers from abroad.
There are so many good things that could of been done. Personally i feel the Home Theatre Idea would of drawn in many customers.
A huge disappointment... no flash, are you kidding me? i dont care if its buggy, give us the option of turning it on and off you morons, then its our own problem if it crashes, but give us some dam control.
If everything is moving to html 5 or whatever, fine but at least give us an option instead of leaving us in the dark.
Camera for video conferencing, skype oooo so many things. For business men like myself who travel can talk and watch our families on a portable device.
Even things like wireless mixer displays in the studio, or wireless plugins, ideas are endless.
Maybe even open the ipad up for gaming, what i mean is not just touch screen games, but hooking up a control pad. I dont like touch games, i dont think you can ever beat a control pad.
Please apple before you destroy the ipad and it gets given the boot.
Personally I don't think the camera is going to make an appearance before it hits the iPhone. The iPhone is their communications device, the iPad their media consuming device. I'm the same as most people here, I would love one to be included from the get-go, but lets be honest they don't need to add one at this point. All they are looking to do is, as with other products they release, introduce people slowly, get them hooked. Once they've done that they can make small additions and cosmetic changes to said product safe in the knowledge people will buy.
All I know is come launch day, I'll be there waiting to get my hands on an iPad, and something tells me that within 5 minutes of owning one I'll have forgotten all this camera nonsense.
All I know is come launch day, I'll be there waiting to get my hands on an iPad, and something tells me that within 5 minutes of owning one I'll have forgotten all this camera nonsense.