New iPod touch has vibration motor (Update: No, it doesn't)

This also brings the iPod touch in line with most of what the iPhone has. Besides the cell service (obviously), the GPS, and the mute switch, the iPod touch really is, as even Steve commented at last week's event, "an iPhone without the contract."
Update: According to iFixit's teardown of the iPod touch, the component identified is actually a microphone and not a vibration motor. Mac Rumors points out that Apple has updated the iPod touch's FaceTime page to remove all reference to vibration. It appears vibration continues to be an iPhone-only feature for now.
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FCC pictures of the brand new iPod touch's internal tech show that the device has a vibrating motor inside of it. According to Apple, the...
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Does this confirm the IPS display? Since it is fused, it's an IPS right?
September 09 2010 at 9:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI guess I should have read the whole thing. No IPS, no vibrator, sigh
September 09 2010 at 9:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAs long as you're issuing corrections, you might mention that the Nintendo DS had vibration ages ago via a modified cartridge that fit flush into the GBA slot. True, it's not built in and a relatively small number of games take advantage of it, but it does exist and I'd say it invalidates your claim that the Touch would have been first to market with vibration feedback in a handheld.
September 09 2010 at 8:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat is a MEMS microphone, not a motor.
September 08 2010 at 9:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWell, iFixIt confirms that is NOT a vibration motor. Disappointed. :(
September 08 2010 at 7:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replycorrection, not engadget....i meant macrumors, and apple has since updated the sentence that originally claimed vibration was used for facetime
September 08 2010 at 6:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyyou might be mistaken, engadget is claiming that's the chip for the microphone and that ifixit claims it is NOT a vibrator
September 08 2010 at 6:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe new iPod touch has another big difference to the iPhone 4.
The iPhone 4 has 512mb of memory
The new iPod touch has just like the iPad only 256mb memory.
hmmm a vibrator added to the phone for "Face"Time....I like where this is heading
well the ipod touch is also missing cellular data which is how i use my iphone about 90% of the time i think that is a pretty big difference.
September 08 2010 at 3:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI never thought this would come to the iPod, but I had been wanting it for quite some time. I'm pretty excited :)
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