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

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 motor will be used with FaceTime, but presumably, it'll work when any app calls for vibration. That should help for gaming -- neither the DS nor the PSP has any sort of vibration feedback, and that's a feature that has become more or less standard on game consoles.

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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Mike

Does this confirm the IPS display? Since it is fused, it's an IPS right?

September 09 2010 at 9:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Mike

I guess I should have read the whole thing. No IPS, no vibrator, sigh

September 09 2010 at 9:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
steven.averett

As 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 rate up rate down Reply
Zimmie

That is a MEMS microphone, not a motor.

September 08 2010 at 9:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike

Well, iFixIt confirms that is NOT a vibration motor. Disappointed. :(

September 08 2010 at 7:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott

correction, 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 rate up rate down Reply
Scott

you 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 rate up rate down Reply
Luckolen

The 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.

September 08 2010 at 5:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex

hmmm a vibrator added to the phone for "Face"Time....I like where this is heading

September 08 2010 at 4:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jesse

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 rate up rate down Reply
Mike

I never thought this would come to the iPod, but I had been wanting it for quite some time. I'm pretty excited :)

September 08 2010 at 3:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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