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iPad Enclosure Has Empty Space for Camera?
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The iPhone OS has always had multitasking-
but only Apple's Apps are allowed to do it.
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What if it's a supply issue? All of Apple's laptops have built-in cameras, as do the iPhone and the iPod Nano. That's tens of millions of camera modules needed annually, already ...
Friscohoya said:I found the whole camera assembly for a 3G iphone on this website http://chinaontrade.com/iphone-3g-spare-parts-c-22.html for around $15 retail. So even if you assume that Steve cant get any better deal than I can online, we are talking maybe an additional $5 to get a full video cam in the iPad. $20! I cant get a camera for $20?! I would have given them $100 for that $20 piece of equipment. Make it WiFi only for christ sake!
walks away shaking head......
Update: I found the 3GS camera for just $9! Steve you are killin me. Really.
What if it's a supply issue? All of Apple's laptops have built-in cameras, as do the iPhone and the iPod Nano. That's tens of millions of camera modules needed annually, already ...
I found the whole camera assembly for a 3G iphone on this website http://chinaontrade.com/iphone-3g-spare-parts-c-22.html for around $15 retail. So even if you assume that Steve cant get any better deal than I can online, we are talking maybe an additional $5 to get a full video cam in the iPad. $20! I cant get a camera for $20?! I would have given them $100 for that $20 piece of equipment. Make it WiFi only for christ sake!
walks away shaking head......
Update: I found the 3GS camera for just $9! Steve you are killin me. Really.
Warranty Failure no doubt.
Show us some progress photo's of you renovating your iPhone dude...
Yep, when you're on the phone you can look through contacts... when playing music you can do a couple of other little things... but not much.
You are right. It was Sony 1999. The little tube think at the top of the screen could be rotated 180 degrees to look away from the user. It also flipped the picture over so the view on the screen was right side up looking either way.
It was a super little portable at the time, but crippled with a high failure rate and Windows 2000.
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While that's correct, Steve-o is promising to release updates so fast that the competition will reel with shock and awe!
The sole purpose of iPhone OS 3.2 is to enable developers to write application specifically for the iPad, and to iron out bugs. Maybe that was why he [Steve Jobs] talked about updates [in a pace to knock off competitors] simply because he knows that iPhone OS 3.2 isn't ready for it.
And let's not forget the fact that Apple worked a full year on the iPad (software) and thus this camera hole can also be for the next iPad already – which might be released ahead of time based on consumer feed back and demand.
BTW: Am I the only person who was surprised by this $130 extra for 3G models?
And let's not forget the fact that Apple worked a full year on the iPad (software) and thus this camera hole can also be for the next iPad already – which might be released ahead of time based on consumer feed back and demand.
BTW: Am I the only person who was surprised by this $130 extra for 3G models?
So let's hope that none of the morons buy one, and Apple then stop making them because they did not sell any. That way you will never get your 2nd revision.
I agree, I think we will also see a redesigned home page, with wigdets (notice how Weather, Stocks were missing?)
Are we talking about some Miami Vice-type of drug here?
Nothing without a camera in mobile computing is cool.
This is what will happen over the next few months :-
Apple will announce OS 4.0 for iPad and iPhone in March BEFORE the iPad goes on sale. Just as they promise iPhone owners a free upgrade once it is released they will do the same to iPad users.
They will also announce the fact that the iPad has a camera, was not announced at first due to the fact that they needed 4.0 to show it in use and did not want to show 4.0 so early.
OS 4.0 is released mid year along with new iPhone hardware.
It includes :
- Some form of mulititasking;
- iChat;
- New Home Page with widgets;
- Plus other minor changes
Apple will announce OS 4.0 for iPad and iPhone in March BEFORE the iPad goes on sale. Just as they promise iPhone owners a free upgrade once it is released they will do the same to iPad users.
They will also announce the fact that the iPad has a camera, was not announced at first due to the fact that they needed 4.0 to show it in use and did not want to show 4.0 so early.
OS 4.0 is released mid year along with new iPhone hardware.
It includes :
- Some form of mulititasking;
- iChat;
- New Home Page with widgets;
- Plus other minor changes
Probably!
You REALLY need to thin that bezel up Jony!!! And I know you want space for print media but PLEASE PLEASE give us a widescreen version!!! This whole camera thing is pretty lame. I am sitting on the fence, if the camera were in there I wouldn't be on the fence at all and I would get one! But now I really am thinking hard about it!
What is your deal with screwing us over on cameras lately Apple???
SWEET MOTHER... PLEASE LET IT BE TRUE! If only! I'm not getting my hopes up!
Not to put more wood on this fire, but YouTube wasn't added to the original iPhone OS until after the Macworld unveiling.
Cameras are not allowed in many places
It's a long shot but could Apple have left out the camera because they are not allowed in a lot of places?
The obvious problem with a camera on the iPad would be that when you hold this device you would transmit images of your nostrils. It would need some kind of tracking to work properly.
It's a long shot but could Apple have left out the camera because they are not allowed in a lot of places?
The obvious problem with a camera on the iPad would be that when you hold this device you would transmit images of your nostrils. It would need some kind of tracking to work properly.
They didn't include it into 1st gen for very simple reason(s):
- they wanted to keep the price as low as they possibly can
- they are not 100% convinced themselves if iPad is going to take of or not, therefore lets make it as simple and cheap as possible and test the ground with it...
- in case 1st gen sells well we can add camera to it 2nd or 3rd time around
Something like that I presume
- they wanted to keep the price as low as they possibly can
- they are not 100% convinced themselves if iPad is going to take of or not, therefore lets make it as simple and cheap as possible and test the ground with it...
- in case 1st gen sells well we can add camera to it 2nd or 3rd time around
Something like that I presume
OK, so Steve's ipad has what appears to be camera. But what about the ipads that were on display for the media on Jan 27th? Shouldn't that have been obvious for the journalists covering the event?
see any of the ipads have a camera below?
http://gizmodo.com/5458292/apple-ipad-everything-you-need-to-know?skyline=true&s=i&autoplay=true
see any of the ipads have a camera below?
http://gizmodo.com/5458292/apple-ipad-everything-you-need-to-know?skyline=true&s=i&autoplay=true
Well, actually I was thinking of getting one. Strictly from a development point of view of course
Maybe eBay will be my friend come camera-bound version 2...
It requires a case change to incorporate the antenna, and includes a GPS which is not present in the WiFi-only model. So that plus the radio/modem chip for cellular, $130 seems about right.
Also, price it just a couple bucks more and no one buys the WiFi-only version!