Rumors: iPod, cameras expecting offspring

Just to add fuel to the fire :-)

The 4G Nanos are on special in the Apple UK refurb store. This says to me they are clearing inventory for something new.

Regards,
Tony.

Quite frankly I'd just be happy if they put a damn flash on the iPhone's camera.

"...who claim they've seen the newest iPod nano..."

iLounge hasn't claimed to see it at all, they just did an artist rendition of someone's description.

I received an Apple Market Research email today inviting me to do a survey on the iPod.
It had a couple of questions about how you use the space on your iPod, and also had a bit of a slant towards camera's on some of the questions as well. I got the impression that they were testing people's responses to the idea of adding a camera, and then I read this, so I think they could be onto something with this rumour.

Most people don't use all the space on their Nanos as it is... if it takes good pics it would be a welcome feature. Personally, I'm looking for a larger screen Touch with a camera and Bluetooth enabled.

A camera-toting iPod could be huge. It already outsells the iPhone, as announced by Apple itself last quarter.

Look at Flickr stats on photos taken with different cameras: http://www.flickr.com/cameras/
The iPhone (with its lowly 2 MPx sensor) already out-shoots all other cameraphone by an apparent factor of 5 to 1 (no scale on that graph). If Apple puts a camera in the hands of every iPod owner, Flickr's going to need more servers soon.... or wait, what was that news about Apple building a $1 Bn data centre in Georgia?

Pretty bad fake. If the lens was on the bottom your hand would cover it when you were trying to use the scroll wheel to take a snapshot. I don't really understand why people who take the time to make (and promote) fakes screw up such stupid details.

Pretty sure there should be an extra comma after 'cameras', as it looks like there are rumours about an iPod, and about cameras expecting offspring!

I personally think that the multi-media devices should be the iPod touch and the iPhone. The iPod line should remain the premium music player line; no one needs another crappy camera needlessly built into a device.

Unless there is a compelling implementation of the camera + iPod, it seems a pointless gimmick.

P.S. @Jash Sayani, wasn't the iPod Photo was their brand name around three revisions ago?

Actually, I think this would be a great idea. While most cellphones have cameras nowadays, if they actually put a decent camera on it, and had it sync via iTunes this would be pretty cool. I hope it happens.

why would they have the FCC seal, Copyright Enhanced seal, and that other tiny writing on a unit that wouldn't be in production until late summer/early fall? I remember those prototype iPhones not having any important writing on the back, just maybe the logo, and those were made months before the actual release.