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FROM APPLETELL - We received a tip with a link to uxsight.com, an online retailer that is marketing a silicone skin for, apparently, the iPod touch 3G. The difference? It includes a hole for a camera.
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I believe you meant to write : A hole at the top back… and not A whole at the top back…
And your assumption that it is for a camera is off, as the real reason for the hole is for the new integrated wrist strap at the bottom of the device. And your picture is upside down!
on July 3, 2009 at 07:55 AM - LINKFixed, George. Too early to be posting article, I guess.
And I agree with you on the camera. Remember this isn’t OUR assumption and picture. The photo is posted as shown at Uxsight, where they have it listed under an iPod touch 3rd Gen category, and they where they specifically point out, “Has a hole for a camera on the back.”
But it’s not upside down. The headphone jack opening is properly placed on the bottom, and the volume buttons can be clearly seen on the upper left where they should be.
on July 3, 2009 at 08:16 AM - LINKThe upside down and wrist strap comment was just an attempt at humor. Whenever we try to second guess Apple on features, they come out of the blue with something completely different that in retrospect fits within the bounds of the rumor.
on July 3, 2009 at 10:46 AM - LINKFair enough, George.
on July 3, 2009 at 03:36 PM - LINKi think most can safely predict that ipod touch 3g will be shaped much like the ipod touch 2g. usually its shape follows the iphone’s. the 1st iphone had a flat back - so did ipod touch 1g. iphone 3g had curved back, so did ipod touch 2g. iphone 3gs had same design as iphone 3g ipod touch 3g… altho they dont know exactly where the cam is (if the next ipod has 1 - it cud hv gps and forget the cam so it keeps the same shape). most can assume that its not at the bottom or middle - that leaves the top. just dont know where cam will be cos ipod has wifi receiver where iphone has cam. so either move the the wifi receiver or put the cam on the opposite side. just saying predicitng the shape of the next ipod touch wont be so hard. just like ipod classic hasnt really changed in a long time.
on July 4, 2009 at 12:26 PM - LINKi doubt there will be a cam on the next gen ipod - probably something like better processor and more battery.
this photo doesnt prove anything. the hole isnt even in the shape of iphone’s cam.
” Of course, a camera in an iPod touch doesn’t make much sense at this point. Apple won’t want the touch to come too close to the iPhone’s feature set, and the addition of a camera could pull even more customers away from the iPhone and its rate plan. “
Quoting the original poster(Kirk Hiner) who made this article, I have to maybe agree in some points on the sake of his argument of the reason apple might want to refuse to put a camera on a I-pod Touch but in the other hand I don’t see the reason apple omitting it from its design. We all know that ipod-touch and the I-phone has some similarity on its design almost looking identical from the front side until you turn to its backside that it has a stainless steel rather than a plastic case and the camera. But beside the point, I think that if apple decide to add a camera, it would be an great addition cause, not only you will get to browse your photos on your Ipod-touch but take pictures on the go.
Apple would be silly-billy if they dont add a camera to its ipod-touch device, and decide to add some features that really be necessary but not much of an importance as a camera. The latest and stronger rumors going out there on the internet is that the Ipod-touch will have external speakers; voice *control to take commands with our voice to control our playlists; more ram, faster processor, more battery life.
on July 17, 2009 at 09:01 PM - LINK