Itouch camera... Hey Stanford students...
Well let's resurrect this thread again. Seems that since this thread has been around so long maybe there is a longstanding demand?
Seriously, for those of us who are otherwise happy with the itouch an attachable camera is an obvious improvement to what we bought and paid for already... especially to take advantage of a wifi opportunity. It really doesn't seem far fetched to imagine a case with a rotatable or double lens camera which allows front facing or facing away photos and web cam streaming leading to the holy grail which the iphone still doesn't have - face to face video conferencing. The Fring app among others is just waiting for an itouch camera. Skype is probably waiting too... everyone is just waiting for the hardware.
It may make business sense from Apple's perspective to try and drive those who want this "upgrade" to buy a whole new iphone with a camera. Apple gets paid in full twice for maybe a $50 incremental improvement, and then the cell carrier's get their monthly mafia honorarium. But this obviously isn't in the consumer's interest... A one time layout of $50-$100 for an attachable camera pays big when you look at the long term expenses of an Iphone... (and dont forget, those of us locked into other carriers can't take that plunge even if we wanted to).
Any Stanford students need a project? Here it is... you're sure to get a good grade, make some good cash if you bring it to market, and you'll be doing a public service to the unserved consumer. AND you can probably get away with saying you came up with the idea yourself. Alas, I'll forgo my claim in exchange for a working demo...
Well let's resurrect this thread again. Seems that since this thread has been around so long maybe there is a longstanding demand?
Seriously, for those of us who are otherwise happy with the itouch an attachable camera is an obvious improvement to what we bought and paid for already... especially to take advantage of a wifi opportunity. It really doesn't seem far fetched to imagine a case with a rotatable or double lens camera which allows front facing or facing away photos and web cam streaming leading to the holy grail which the iphone still doesn't have - face to face video conferencing. The Fring app among others is just waiting for an itouch camera. Skype is probably waiting too... everyone is just waiting for the hardware.
It may make business sense from Apple's perspective to try and drive those who want this "upgrade" to buy a whole new iphone with a camera. Apple gets paid in full twice for maybe a $50 incremental improvement, and then the cell carrier's get their monthly mafia honorarium. But this obviously isn't in the consumer's interest... A one time layout of $50-$100 for an attachable camera pays big when you look at the long term expenses of an Iphone... (and dont forget, those of us locked into other carriers can't take that plunge even if we wanted to).
Any Stanford students need a project? Here it is... you're sure to get a good grade, make some good cash if you bring it to market, and you'll be doing a public service to the unserved consumer. AND you can probably get away with saying you came up with the idea yourself. Alas, I'll forgo my claim in exchange for a working demo...