Was The iPad Supposed To Have A Camera?
The just released iPad Emulator contains functionality that suggests the iPad was supposed to have a camera.
Crunchgear found that within the iPad’s contacts application is an “Add Photo” button. When pressed the button pops up a menu asking you to “Choose Existing Photo” or “Take Photo”. If you press the “Take Photo” button it opens a preview window which is supposed to display what the camera sees.
So what’s going on here? Did the iPad once have a camera, and it was pulled on such short notice that they didn’t have time to strip it out of the software? Does Apple planning on stealthily adding a camera to the features list some time in the next 60 days, as some sort of super-late “One more thing..”? Or did Apple just port much of the iPad contacts app from the iPhone version, and forget to lop out one of functions?
Lets hope Apple manages to slip this in last minute. No camera is likely a deal breaker for many customers.
Tags: Apple, camera, hope apple, iPad, Photo, photo button, preview window
January 28th, 2010 at 5:16 am
it shouldve had alot of stuff it doesnt.
January 28th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
I watched the Keynote and the iPad was kinda disappointing. It was like a blown up ipod touch, no multitasking on Safari either. I love the concept but there are just few other things that I’d like it to have, and yes, maybe if it has a camera (iSight), I’d be more than willing to spend my money and own the 64gb Wifi+3G, never mind the 4:3 aspect ratio and no GPS. I can live with that.