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OmniVision to Provide Front and Rear Cameras for Second-Generation iPad?
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Facetime does not need 5mp....
The VGA camera of the Iphone\Itouch is good enough...but I can see them going a bit better on the next iphone\Ipad front camera...
rear facing camera
How are we supposed to hold iPad when we take pictures using its rear facing camera?
How are we supposed to hold iPad when we take pictures using its rear facing camera?
When you are in the coffee shop and your friend (or a new friend) is chatting to you, you can simply lift up the iPad which you have of the table (you were reading a book) take a photo of them, and add the snap against their contact details.
Job done.
iPad back-side camera? Useless...
I honestly don't see too many people lifting their iPad to take pictures or whatever else it will be used for. However, as I type this some loon is thinking how cool it would be to lift the iPad to snap a pic...
The one use I can see is apps using the camera to generate alternate environments using the camera and positioning data from the GPS chip and wireless signals. I guess that could become a legitimate use. With that said, how many of the already 5 millions plus iPad users would even use the back-side camera for that.
Pictures with iPad, what next...iMacs with back-facing cameras
I honestly don't see too many people lifting their iPad to take pictures or whatever else it will be used for. However, as I type this some loon is thinking how cool it would be to lift the iPad to snap a pic...
The one use I can see is apps using the camera to generate alternate environments using the camera and positioning data from the GPS chip and wireless signals. I guess that could become a legitimate use. With that said, how many of the already 5 millions plus iPad users would even use the back-side camera for that.
Pictures with iPad, what next...iMacs with back-facing cameras
partially this
however apple would A) never reveal future products which it would have done by adding the cameras in the iPad you would come to expect the face time camera in iP4 and iPt4 (B) it would be shooting yourself in the foot to lay all your cards out
iPhone is there premiere device and technology is going to be shown there first!
p.s. i doubt the economy will ever stay in one place or go only down or only up history shows thats not ever the case...the less you spend the worse it gets.
Increase MP, increase bandwidth requirements?
A sensor capable of capturing a 5MP picture wouldn't be required for this type of application, am I right? I mean to say, if the front-facing camera's primary application is facetime interaction, wouldn't the extra capturing density of a 5MP sensor cause bandwidth issues and in essense cheapen the facetime experience to the point of annoyance?
A sensor capable of capturing a 5MP picture wouldn't be required for this type of application, am I right? I mean to say, if the front-facing camera's primary application is facetime interaction, wouldn't the extra capturing density of a 5MP sensor cause bandwidth issues and in essense cheapen the facetime experience to the point of annoyance?
This is stupid:
Doy, really?!
In what messed up scenario would it ship with two cameras but not support FaceTime? They're adamant there will be two cameras, but they're iffy on FaceTime. They must be professional analysts.
Doy, really?!
In what messed up scenario would it ship with two cameras but not support FaceTime? They're adamant there will be two cameras, but they're iffy on FaceTime. They must be professional analysts.
I honestly don't see too many people lifting their iPad to take pictures or whatever else it will be used for. However, as I type this some loon is thinking how cool it would be to lift the iPad to snap a pic...
The one use I can see is apps using the camera to generate alternate environments using the camera and positioning data from the GPS chip and wireless signals. I guess that could become a legitimate use. With that said, how many of the already 5 millions plus iPad users would even use the back-side camera for that.
Pictures with iPad, what next...iMacs with back-facing cameras
Picture this.
The iPad is a family device, the type of device you have downstairs, and use in the evening, sitting back on the sofa.
Your kids are having some fun, perhaps a play fight, making funny faces, or perhaps even your dog or cat is doing something funny for a few seconds.
You raise your iPad and can capture this priceless footage without going to get your camera, or looking around for where you left your mobile.
Given the iPad is the device most lightly to be at hand in the evening when you are relaxing, it's more lightly you will may capture those rare funny moments with it, which would be gone by the time you had found another device to record the moment with.
Useful, but clunky...
I understand the iPad being a multifunction device that is a joy to use, but not a camera...never...too clunky and...I don't know just strange if you ask me.
I understand the iPad being a multifunction device that is a joy to use, but not a camera...never...too clunky and...I don't know just strange if you ask me.
Holding an iPad.
Like a dang fool. I think we should make the back-side of the iPad waterproof so we can use it as an umbrella in bad weather
I am going to wait for iPad v2 so I can get that feature...
How are we supposed to hold iPad when we take pictures using its rear facing camera?
Like a dang fool.
I think we should make the back-side of the iPad waterproof so we can use it as an umbrella in bad weather I am going to wait for iPad v2 so I can get that feature...
And Apple's stock soars again!
Apple will be able to sell you a camera attachment for $24.95
Apple will be able to sell you a camera attachment for $24.95
Apple will be able to sell you a camera attachment for $24.95
Or sell you some dumbbells for your weak little rag-doll arms.
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No 7 inch... Sad
No 7 inch... Sad
Ever see the camera Ansel Adams carried on his back into the mountains? Lifting an iPad to take a picture is still lighter than lifting my Nikon D-90. I wouldn't carry an iPad around just to use it as a camera, but if it's the only camera equipped device available when the perfect picture presents itself, I wouldn't think twice about using it.
Don't forget that the greater the quality, the greater the quantity of data that needs to be pushed around.
Fiscal quarters for economic reports are different than calendar quarters. If Apple follows normal refresh habits, the second version of the iPad will be announce and ship around the same dates as the first previewed late winter, ship in early spring.
The recent deluge of Verizon iPhone rumors which say the CDMA phone would ship as early as January suggest that the iPhone 5 launch, normally in June, might be earlier so that both models have parity on features.