This is why i think iPad 2.0 is sooner than we think. January announcement, Feb ship.
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Claimed Next-Generation iPad Cases Suggest Rear-Facing Camera, SD Card Slot?
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This is why i think iPad 2.0 is sooner than we think. January announcement, Feb ship.
If there is an SD card on ipad 2 I would be so happy!!!! Would by hands down my favorite new feature of ipad 2.
There are a lot of photos of these cases, that means it is quite likely true right?
so like 85% probability that this is true? what do you think
There are a lot of photos of these cases, that means it is quite likely true right?
so like 85% probability that this is true? what do you think
I think it's odd that they all surfaced on the same day.... Why all at once?
My guess is they are genuine. Too many similarities.
cheap plastic?....terrible! i'm waiting for the 7" carbon fibre version with retina display, 8 mp rear camera, and 4 mp front camera for $299 
Cameras
I may be wrong but I would not use a camera on my iPad much, especially front facing, I rarely skype to begin with, only with my brothers family on the east coast about once a month, of course that's me. Plus I have yet to even use FaceTime, maybe it's my generation mid 30's, though the business world may like it, and of course the big time FaceTime fans.
Just would feel odd using the iPad as a camera, I'm sure I would use it a bit. When I first got my iPad I tried to feel how I it would feel as a camera and again just odd. USB or SD would get some use, of course with an iPhone for I'm use to synching.
As long as they they make the iPads better all around then great, I love mine, and don't want anything to make them go downhill. Though it will be a long time till I upgrade, time for other apple products I need more.
I may be wrong but I would not use a camera on my iPad much, especially front facing, I rarely skype to begin with, only with my brothers family on the east coast about once a month, of course that's me. Plus I have yet to even use FaceTime, maybe it's my generation mid 30's, though the business world may like it, and of course the big time FaceTime fans.
Just would feel odd using the iPad as a camera, I'm sure I would use it a bit. When I first got my iPad I tried to feel how I it would feel as a camera and again just odd. USB or SD would get some use, of course with an iPhone for I'm use to synching.
As long as they they make the iPads better all around then great, I love mine, and don't want anything to make them go downhill. Though it will be a long time till I upgrade, time for other apple products I need more.
If the iPad has a rear facing camera, I hope Apple updates the Camera app because taking photos on the iPads screen with that tiny button is hardly desirable.
I'm of the same opinion on the front facing camera and facetime. I'm sure it will start to become the norm over the next several years starting with the younger folks - guess I'm just over the hill for that. The rear video camera is what would make facetime a truly useful --- being able to show someone what I'm looking at while talking to them about it could be a huge plus in many situations.
I know the iPad would never be my go-to device for photography, but I'm glad the backside camera will give me the ability to take a picture with it. Pictures can be a tremendously quick and efficient way of gathering information. A simple snapshot that you could take in a fraction of a second can convey all sorts of layers of meaning and information that you could literally spend hours worth of typing trying to describe.
Glad to see it looks like backside is coming up!
If they introduce the rear-facing camera, the above photos are not showing a cutout for the built-in flash? So is it going to be like a pre-iPhone 4 camera?
SD makes a lot more sense, so I could just drop the SD card out of my camera and into the iPad for review. I haven't seen cameras using Micro SD. SD is plenty small for something as large as an iPad.
This is actually a feature I really like, so I really doubt it would happen. I don't give a crap about rear camera, so that will probably be coming.
So Apple is going down the same path as the iPhone?
1st gen aluminum back
2nd gen- plastic back
3rd gen- plastic
4th gen- glass
Seriously, why are they going to plastic?
I hope this is a Chinese-knock off or fake.
I think these are supposedly aftermarket shells.
Let's be sensible
If you are going to fit only one memory card slot into your device, then it makes sense to fit the one that's the most popular in most devices, camera's which would be an SD Card slot.
Yes, they could fit a Compact Flash, they were popular in the early days and still in use in some DSLR's
They could fit an XD Card slot for Fuji's or a hold for Sony memory sticks.
But those, whilst pleasing some would not be the logical one to pick if you only had to pick one.
If you are going to fit only one memory card slot into your device, then it makes sense to fit the one that's the most popular in most devices, camera's which would be an SD Card slot.
Yes, they could fit a Compact Flash, they were popular in the early days and still in use in some DSLR's
They could fit an XD Card slot for Fuji's or a hold for Sony memory sticks.
But those, whilst pleasing some would not be the logical one to pick if you only had to pick one.
Fingers crossed, but April 1 makes more sense: (1) Apple usually launches its consumer products near the beginning of a quarter (to get good quarter-over-quarter sales metrics, I suspect, but I've never seen anyone say that); (2) April 1 would be closer to the one-year refresh cycle that Apple has been following the last few years with iPods and iPhones; and (3) the sooner iPad 2 launches after Christmas, the higher the irritation factor will be and the likelier people would sit out next Christmas assuming the refresh will launch a few weeks later.
But I'm ready to buy one the day they go on sale.
Agree. A rear camera seems odd given the size from the unconfirmed case images. Don't see a Flash.
Then again, Apple may see people using this in the same manner as an iPhone.
Sitting with the Pad, Face Timing with Mom, then a quick switch to the rear camera a junior crawls by on the floor?
I could see myself using it in this way. Not for stills however.
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It's for a mini BlueRay player! :d
It's for a mini BlueRay player! :d
