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iPad 2 Spotted at 'The Daily' News Event
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Agree completely! Front facing is perfect, and needed I feel. Rear facing is just bizarre. How the hell would i take stealth pics of girls on the train with that?
seems like someone has already photoshopped the look I was imagining.
Hope the owner of the new magical device didn't go to some shady bar afterwards. Would be too bad if he looses there ...
I DON'T WANT TO SEE PICTURES OF THE REAL THING
I want to read rumors, have fun discussing what sounds real and what not - and than have the excitement when it is revealed with 90% of the rumors being dead wrong.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE PICTURES OF THE REAL THING
I want to read rumors, have fun discussing what sounds real and what not - and than have the excitement when it is revealed with 90% of the rumors being dead wrong.
Come on MacRumors, you usually are very neutral and careful in stories like this.
"iPad 2 Spotted at 'The Daily' News Event".
Really? At least include a "a Reuters employee claims" or something like that in the title. You absolutely cannot vouch for this report, so don't present it like it's facts.
"iPad 2 Spotted at 'The Daily' News Event".
Really? At least include a "a Reuters employee claims" or something like that in the title. You absolutely cannot vouch for this report, so don't present it like it's facts.
I thought the "Post Reply" button existed so we could express our opinions? I guess I was wrong. I'll start sending all my opinions on stories through "Site Feedback".
No but it will have a camera inside the dock connector socket. So you can guide it in whilst streaming the video to your Mac or PC with extra accuracy.
No more scrabbling in the dark and trying to force it in backwards
I read somewhere that the ipad2 would have a removable battery.... Pahahahahaha. Why would anyone ever want to remove a battery?
Pahahahahaha. Why would anyone ever want to remove a battery?
Cameras are becoming data entry devices, they are not just for pictures in the classical sense anymore. Also, I used to think it was lame to use an iPad as a camera...but I had the same thought when I first saw somebody use a digital point and shoot rear LCD to compose a shot.
Yes, but the original point and shoot camera's aren't as big as an iPad, and at least are dedicated cameras. The one in the iPad isn't going to be brilliant, and will look like you are waving a clipboard in someone's face.
As for data entry devices...fair point.
i think if people use the ipad's back camera as a real camera, like out on a vacation to snap shots of stuff, then yes, that seems a bit stupid to me. get a real camera.
however, the use of a camera like that on the ipad, the rear-facing camera, isn't really stupid if used correctly, ie augmented reality apps or other apps that will use the ipad's back camera in a cool way we can't even think of yet. THAT is what i'm excited for.
i don't plan on taking photos with it, that is pretty stupid indeed. but apps? who knows what people will come up with in the future with that.
It's called Mac Rumors. It should be on the front page. Awww, I miss the old days on here when rumors were front page.
Camera modules are getting small, cheap and good enough that there is little reason not to include one. If it's there and you don't need it, fine - don't use it. If it's not there and you DO need it, you've just lost an opportunity.
Cameras are not just about taking fine/family photos, they're about taking impromptu snapshots with whatever imager is available, and now moreso about digitizing documents, OCR, augmented reality, barcodes, product lookup - all leveraging the iPad's capability if only it has a camera to capture the image.
One competing tablet already has 3 cameras, including a pair for 3D. Heck, stick on four front-facing cameras and it could create a virtual full-3D videophone (watches the viewer's eyes, interpolating and rendering the correct 3D viewing angle). There: I'm up to 8 cameras (front & back) for way-cool effects (near-true 3D, not just stereoscopy) and not even trying.
Cameras are not just about taking fine/family photos, they're about taking impromptu snapshots with whatever imager is available, and now moreso about digitizing documents, OCR, augmented reality, barcodes, product lookup - all leveraging the iPad's capability if only it has a camera to capture the image.
One competing tablet already has 3 cameras, including a pair for 3D. Heck, stick on four front-facing cameras and it could create a virtual full-3D videophone (watches the viewer's eyes, interpolating and rendering the correct 3D viewing angle). There: I'm up to 8 cameras (front & back) for way-cool effects (near-true 3D, not just stereoscopy) and not even trying.
They could've just mistaken an android tablet for an iPad. Some of those have front facing cameras.
This is an old joke round here...goes back some years, i know. Tried to search the Forums for the original instance, but couldn't find it.
BASICALLY, someone once claimed to have seen an example of an Apple Product (might have been the first flat screen iMac, not that it matters!) and to "prove" it, they had found a boxed example in an elevator, and taken a photo of it, which, if memory serrves me right, showed very little at all.
So subsequent rumoured Apple releases were often jokingly dimissed as being fake, until they saw a picture of the item taken in an elevator.
Funny, eh?
Went into the Macrumors (sic) humour legends alongside:-
"PowerBook G5 next Tuesday.."
"Safari is Snappier.." myths.
Sorry you asked???
