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'Leaked' 3rd Gen iPod Touch Cases (with Camera Holes) For Sale in U.S.

It should be noted that Apple dubs the iPod touch released on sept as the Late 2009 and not as 3rd generation which they normally do for the ipod touch, nano , and shuffle.

I know it is the 3rd gen but I just thought that was interesting so maybe there will be an early '10 model or maybe the next one will have a very significant change.
 
Westside guy said:
When the camera does arrive in the iPod Touch, I'll be curious to see if they do the same silly thing as the Nano - making the camera video only, I mean. It's such an odd thing to do. I wonder if the still quality is horrible or something like that.
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Bingo. You can capture acceptable video with a much smaller/cheaper CCD sensor than would be acceptable for stills these days.
 
Thex1138 said:
Touch will still have a camera, the manufacturer is probably in the process of compacting the technology to squeeze it in for a minor update...nothing wrong with that... selling the cases with the cam hole might even suggest that is going to happen at some point...Apple are simply waiting for supply chains to arrive..
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Yep and I have a bridge to sell you. Don't expect a camera till next years rev. at the earliest.
 
andy721 said:
WHO THE F cares.
The ipod is pointless if you can't make calls on it.
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Umm not everyone wants an iPhone where they have to pay out the nose to AT&T for crappy service and shoddy coverage. So no, the iPod Touch is hardly pointless to people who need better service than AT&T offers.
 
The iPod is doing very well in many professional fields (like medical) where adding a camera to the device would immediately kill the entire market. Apple doesn't need a camera to promote it as a gaming device for now. So it was pulled.

The camera will return once the OS allows for corporate provisioning profiles to guarantee the camera is disabled and the device adheres to HIPAA compliance for medical professionals.
 
What's odd to me, and I'm the one who took this pic BTW, is that the cardboard insert has a pic with a camera in it. The case wasn't really custom made for a Touch with a camera; it would work with a 2nd gen as well.

Why didn't they just package them with 2nd gen cardboard inserts?
 
john7jr said:
The iPod is doing very well in many professional fields (like medical) where adding a camera to the device would immediately kill the entire market. Apple doesn't need a camera to promote it as a gaming device for now. So it was pulled.

The camera will return once the OS allows for corporate provisioning profiles to guarantee the camera is disabled and the device adheres to HIPAA compliance for medical professionals.
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I can't help but think that the general public iPod Touch market towers over the specialized medical field market. So It makes zero business sense to halt a feature because a slim minority can't use a camera. Apple certainly did not use this approach when they introduced MBPs w/ cameras. I think SJ was shoveling BS when he spoke about the Touch being a gaming device that didn't need a camera. The two are not exclusive from each other (see the iPhone). It was a production or cost issue. It has nothing to do w/ making the medical field happy.

Further if the medical field market is so lucrative Apple could continue making the camera-less version for that market just as they have made certain Macs just for the Edu market.
 
john7jr said:
The iPod is doing very well in many professional fields (like medical) where adding a camera to the device would immediately kill the entire market. Apple doesn't need a camera to promote it as a gaming device for now. So it was pulled.

The camera will return once the OS allows for corporate provisioning profiles to guarantee the camera is disabled and the device adheres to HIPAA compliance for medical professionals.
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Um, I'd estimate 2/3 of my residency class have an iPhone and most of the rest have BB's which I presume include nondisabled cameras. This also goes for attendings. I can't speak for other hospitals but I'd be surprised if they were widely prohibited...

I can see it being an problem in other fields though where security's a greater issue.
 
Seems to me this was Apple's way to find and eliminate some leaks from within.

They give a few suspects fake specs that the new iTouch will include a camera. This info makes it's way to case manufacturers and Apple finds its leaks and, um, fixes them!
 
andy721 said:
WHO THE F cares.
The ipod is pointless if you can't make calls on it.
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Me for one. I don't want to be tied into an expensive contract for an iPhone when I don't need it. I still want the ease of having my 32Gb iPod Touch with me when I'm on the train to listen to music, watch TV downloads etc. Hence the iPod Touch is a great device.
 
Interesting how there are cases out there for devices not yet available, but have you tried to find a case at the Apple store for the new 5G Nano?
 
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