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Leaked Case Designs May Predict Future iPod Cameras
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... accurate enough, with a gap for both the lens and the Wi-Fi radio to peek through. Otherwise, the case designs of the iPods themselves do not vary.
We really don’t know where the truth lies. But we have a pretty good idea as to when it may lie — September, the traditional month for iPod updates. Expect analysts to begin “predicting” this soon.
Product page Touch [Uxsight via MacRumors]
Product page Nano [Nanocase]
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Apple “massive” iPod camera order tipped; new 5G nano case emerges
SlashGear —
... Meanwhile a second image of an iPod case with camera cut-out, this time supposedly for the iPod nano, has emerged. Up ...
iPod touch and iPod nano Getting Camera?
The iPhone Blog —
... Macrumors is also showing off a case that, if real, re-enforces the iPod nano camera rumors as well. Absent the iPod touch interface and processor power, however, it’s hard to see that being functional for anything but still photography. That being said, it remains a great way for Apple to keep moving the traditional iPod line forward even as it approaches market saturation. ...
iPods to get cameras
Boing Boing Gadgets —
TechCrunch hears it from an anonymous source, while MacRumors posted pics of new third-party cases that suggest likewise.
It's about time. I don't have an iPod Touch because it doesn't have a camera.
The Iphone Spot — ... the camera: The reliability of these early case designs has been mixed in the past. While they have been accurate with the iPhone 3G design, they were also responsible for many of the iPhone Nano claims which never came true. Still, the design of the iPod Nano’s camera location is consistent with sketches provided by iLounge in May. iLounge also reported that the iPod Nano would be getting a camera with its next revision. Via Macrumors Thanks to Adam for the tip
Leaked Cases Point To A Camera-Equipped iPod Touch
OhGizmo! —
... it would have been so easy to include, since the iPhone has one. Well it’s about time for Apple to refresh the Touch, and it looks like a camera might finally be on the spec list.
Sure, rumors can come from nowhere, but apparently one accessory maker has shown a new iPod Touch case with a hole in the back, exactly where a camera would be. Even more interesting is that another maker has shown an iPod Nano case with a similar camera hole.
[ Uxsight ] VIA [ MacRumors ]
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New iPod Touch With Camera: News update
PR News: —
... Mac Rumors have further added to this speculation by showing two images of cases that are used from new models of the iPod Touch and iPod Nano. If you look closely, you will see a hole, which has to be for a camera. ...
iPods Touch and Namo to get cameras
D' Technology Weblog —
... Two new images of cases for the upcoming iPod Touch 3G and iPod Nano 5 have begun circulating. The new cases suggest that the next generation Touch and Nano will "hold a camera in the back". TechCrunch is also reporting that a source from within Asia that claims "Apple has placed an order for a massive number of camera modules of the type that they include in the iPhone. These are inexpensive cameras, in the $10 range. And the size of the order, our source says, means they can only be used for one thing - the iPods." ...
