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Next-Generation iPod Touch Parts Reveal Hole for Front-Facing Camera?

Would be good, I suppose, only ever going to be wi-fi as it's not a Phone.

I wonder when the iPad will get a camera, I know many people have pointed out that the positioning of the iPad could be the problem, but if you could change the angle of the camera it would be great.
 
Facetime needs a dedicated App with the anticipated integration into the iPod touch and iPad (and other OSX based macs, perhaps?) A unified naming convention would be good. I guess it's bye bye iChat and Hello Facetime? I'd like to say I prefer iChat, but I guess that might be down to familiarity?
 
I don't understand what benefit it would be to Apple if they DIDN'T include facetime on their new iPods. Who would purchase/upgrade in that case if there's no increase in capacity nor facetime capability?
 
walangij said:
I don't understand what benefit it would be to Apple if they DIDN'T include facetime on their new iPods. Who would purchase/upgrade in that case if there's no increase in capacity nor facetime capability?
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right, i doubt anyone would be like "wait, my ipod touch has facetime, i guess i won't be buying an iphone now because all i wanted was facetime and now i have it."
 
SPNarwhal said:
right, i doubt anyone would be like "wait, my ipod touch has facetime, i guess i won't be buying an iphone now because all i wanted was facetime and now i have it."
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Exactly. If anything it'll convince fence sitters to purchase an iPhone 4 or upgrade to one because they like the facetime but want an actual phone you can use elsewhere as well. It'll also convince many other smartphone users to join the Apple ecosystem so they can facetime with their iPhone 4 friends.
 
This would be a solid addition to a somewhat stagnant (sales growth wise) iPod line--I just hope Apple makes the next iPod Touch similar in design to the iPhone 4. The square corners are growing on me.
 
TBH I couldn't care less about a front-facing camera. Now, for a decent/good (iPhone 4-quality) camera on the back, now that's something I'd upgrade for.
 
TheXIIIth said:
I was thinking the same thing
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Ambient light sensors are already on existing iPod touches. They are under the surface of the plastic, and do not need a massive hole cut for them.

My predictions for iPod touch; retina display, front cam, rear cam, a4 (with 512mb), gyro.

Everything else remains the same, including the design.
 
Even though it is WiFi only at the moment, I thought you needed a phone number to start a Face Time call... But if they're planning to make it an open format, e-mail address could do as well... We'll see!
 
harley3k said:
It's not for a camera, it's an IR sensor.

Because the next iPod will do 1080p output to connect to your TV, and come with an AppleTV APP.

Because the next iPod is also the next AppleTV; because "no one wants another box", but if you already have an iPod, that's not another "box".

I'm just guessin'

;)
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That's a neat guess ;) I hope you are right. If that were the case, I'd be buying one just to use it for the AppleTV feature, as I get tired of hooking up my Mac to my TV to watch rented/purchased movies. I don't really see it happening, though. Hopefully we hear someone about AppleTV during the September media event ;)

Biker said:
we need to see a back panel now!!!
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That would seal the deal :p
 
exscape said:
That would be an awful lot of work to do, when the iPhone 4 is already designed, and the touch is pretty much a subset of the iPhone.
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The current touch is already different to the 3GS. Why does that become harder in the next generation?
 
iPhone hype is over. time for "leaks" about iPods to start until the September event. after that we'll probably see iMac leaks.

i like how Apple spaces these out throughout the year to control revenue flow
 
Mitchelino said:
That's a neat guess ;) I hope you are right. If that were the case, I'd be buying one just to use it for the AppleTV feature, as I get tired of hooking up my Mac to my TV to watch rented/purchased movies. I don't really see it happening, though. Hopefully we hear someone about AppleTV during the September media event ;)



That would seal the deal :p
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When the new Apple TV drops, I can envisage them creating iPhone/iPodTouch/iPad apps, which can talk over Bluetooth to the dedicated Apple TV box in the living room.
 
PeterQVenkman said:
All I really want is that nice back camera they have on the iPhone 4. Beautiful stills and nice HD video! The new form factor, a4 processor, retina display, front facing camera - any of those additions are just icing (and sprinkles!) on the cake I am sailvating to buy in September.

The iPod touch is my favorite apple product. All the cool stuff of the iPhone without any of the phone specific problems. :)
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That would be pretty cool

I can see in my mind's eye a combo of mini-iPad and iPhone 4 design.

A radius-beveled unibody aluminum back, with a plastic segment for antenna reception, and not the now-seen-as-problematic stainless band. but probably not 3G connectivity (which is iPhone domain, in the small form-factor. iPad has the large form-factor differentiation from iPhone.)

Main camera and flash, which another rumor claims as 5 megapixels. Secondary front-facing VGA FaceTime camera.

internal Microphone and speaker. Unless it might depend on Apple's mic-on-headphone-controls to do audio input and output... but speaker and mic onboard the device would be good to have.

Bluetooth connectivity (ear-piece, keyboard, audio output, or keyboard input, Nike shoe sensor)

It might not get GPS or Compass (but it would be cool if it did), but likely to get gyro+accelerometer system, and A4 chipset, and retina screen from iPhone 4.

That would set the stage for iPad 2, with at least one camera (possibly laptop-like iSight in the bezel, FaceTime ready), more Ram and processor speed upgrade, higher res screen (close to retina-screen, but maybe not quite so pixel-dense on a screen that large, and gyro upgrade. (and hopefully WiFi reception re-work. Apple can stand to work on their radio antenna designs, and implementations.)

With iPhone 4 on one end, and iPad on the other... iPod touch, (or iPad Nano, perhaps) could essentially combine the best of both. iPad like features, with iPhone-like pocket-size and camera functions. (also making it a competitor to Flip and other pocket cameras... plus all the other functionality of an iOS device)
 
This is not Face Time ... sorry..

Sorry to rain on everyone's parade.

Face Time, even over wifi, needs a phone number to reach in order to facilitate a connection between of device to another remote device.

Unless Apple plans on distributing iPod's with SIM cards and purchasing large blocks of phone number's essentially turning itself into the business of "carrier", it's not going to happen.

the call, voice and video, needs a connection point on each end (SIM card). the initial connection requires a means for the initial contact to be transported, currently AT&T is that shuttle. the FCC, and probably a few other regulatory international agencies, require any cellphone (which they have a broad definition for) must have an IMEI number which is unique to the planet. This makes the SIM card a must.

IF Apple wanted to get around the those agencies and claim the iPod to be no different then a laptop or PC that allows skype or iChat, it's going to take an army of political lobbying and GOOD luck trying to get it past the department of homeland security (FBI,CIA,NSA,DEA,ATF, etc & State&Local Law Enforcement agenices) all of who currently enjoy the ability to track mobile communication devices because they have a sim card.
 
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