Rumor: iPod Classic will get a camera

hopefully they do put a camera on the classic, i jus lost my touch but now i want a nano with the camera so i thought an im only 13 so i dont get much money and my parents dont care to buy me one but now im waiting to see if theirs a camera on the classic so i could have the power of the nano but the space of a classic...

I very much doubt Apple will use cameras equal to that of its new iPhone 3GS, and cameras in Classic? I dont think so. If this rumor is by any chance true, the Classic would become noticeably bigger than the current version due to the amount of the room the hard drive takes up inside the case. I predict VGA or even 1.3mp cameras in the touch and nano, as this would keep costs down to a minimum.

I'm baffled by all these "it must die" comments. The Classic serves a significant niche none of the other iPods do: it's the iPod for those of us (myself included) who aren't remotely interested in squinting at portable video, and just want a high capacity user-friendly portable music library.

Why shouldn't it sit in the line-up for another year or two while flash-based storage ramps up to comparable capacities? At that point I'd personally be happy to see a flash based Classic appear at a lower cost alongside the Touch... but realistically I suspect it's more likely to be dropped once the Touch can match it for storage. That ain't going to happen for a while though.

Back on topic, I agree with Ben and others who doubt this camera rumour because of the required redesign - since Classic buyers aren't on the whole interested in bells and whistles (or we'd be sacrificing storage and buying Touches) it'd be a strange move. More likely it'll get marginally slimmer again and maybe sport a new interface, or alternatively it'll just sit there in the line-up same as ever - remember how long the Mac mini goes between updates after all!

Digitimes has often gotten stories basically right, but garbled. It seems unlikely to me that Apple would bother to redesign the current "classic" with a camera. Perhaps the three products are the new Nano, the rumored 6" screen iPod Touch, which I think will be introduced as simply the new iPod, and the "classic" or current iPod Touch with the 3.5" screen.

They have to update it somehow, advertising that it's storage space is up to 160GB doesn't mean much when they did that 2 years ago.

OOH A CAMERA!

The iPod Classic is on life support and will be dead next year when the iPod Touch hits 128GB of Flash.

They better not, at least not till the touch hits 60 gigs.

I have always had the iPod classic line. I never got a Mini or a Nano or a Touch or anything like that simply because I like having the extra space. I may not need to but I like being able to carry around all 90GB of media I currently have on my 120GB iPod classic. It's great not having to choose what songs and video I want on my iPod. Until Apple can release a financially feasible 100+GB flash based iPod (which likely won't happen for two years, I think), then I won't be upgrading my iPod. Simple as that. Them phasing out their large capacity models will be enough to prevent me from my usual 2 year upgrades on my iPods.

I also think that they will kill the classic but I think it's a shame. Since the slimmed dow to the 120GBs, the 160GBs go for as much as $700 on ebay because there are people like me out there with massive music collections (650GB last I looked) who want to access them on the go.

Since Apple's emphasis has been on video lately, they COULD turn the classic into a Flip Video competitor, it's about the same size. Not only could you capture HD video, but you could listen to your music. Again, when you compare it to the Flip, it's about the same size, has the right buttons and with Quicktime X, you'll have a free editing program with the ability to share.

Just think of how much video a 160GB classic could hold! Better yet, what if they really surprised us and put wifi in it! It would really give the Flip a run for its money.