Hints of video chat for iPhones and iPads

The next generation Iphone will be much more like the 2g model, which in my opinion was almost indestructable. Why oh why did they make screen replacement $100 dollars on those, I will never know. I think what apple is trying to do with the firmware updates is get everyone over to att or Fido. They are locking up the patches one by one and holding up the contract to ATT and so on. This next Iphone will be amazingly better...lets all hope.

Wow, I can hardly wait!!! I knew this was coming soon as I heard about the iphone dual camra

Its going to be a nightmare for us Iphone fixers

So we see the camera button there, we see the camera code in the SDK and people are STILL thinking the camera is going to be in gen2? Isn't it possible that it will ship with a camera and just not announced at the event? Matter of fact isn't the fact that Apple is recently trying to hide all of their shipment details mean they have more to hide in terms of what parts they are shipping? They are possibly shipping millions of more cameras but trying to hide it so they can surprise with a camera on the iPad at launch... just saying it's possible...

"Engadget confirms video support, file downloads and local storage, plus more text tools (user entries in Dictionary, for example), location-aware ads in Maps, the ability to draw to external displays and prototype support for a "handwriting keyboard." Neat!"

I definitely don't think that location-aware ads in Maps is neat at all.

I am betting Apple has already developed a camera for the ipad and ipod touch similar to clip on webcams for older laptops. Reasons for this are:
Cost, this allow Apple to break the $500.00 price point.
Solves having two cameras forward and rear facing.
Camera will work with both ipad and ipod touch (maybe that is why the last generation of touch didn't get a cam like everyone was thinking)
and lastly; because I saw it on Apple's own ipad web site the morning after the big release (Oh GOD, how I wished I had done a screen save of that page now, but I didn't)

I may be crazy but...

Would it be THAT hard for a 3rd party to bring to market a camera, front and rear facing, for the iPad? Now that the developers can use the dock connector would this be too much to ask for? A small barrel shaped camera that would turn to face front or back would be great!

Sure, this is something that may be added in future iPad models but if the projected sales are even close to what actual sales are this would be a great accessory.

Great so now we will have 2 crappy cameras in the iPhone. I say screw the ichat front facing camera stuff and just put one nice quality camera in the freakin' phone.

Anyway Does the iPad even have a camera?

Is the front-facing camera really such a big deal for people? I've never managed to use any of mine for anything other than scanning books for Delicious Library, which I guess would be nice for an iPad, but hardly the killer app.

Videoconferencing would require the use of a dock, or at least propping up the thing so the camera wasn't giving a good view up your nostrils and the screen is too small, surely? I get the impression from people that use it professionally that you really need a full-size picture before it becomes comfortable.