Supposedly picked up at some “recycling place” in California, this appears to be another “next-gen” iPod touch in the wild. It looks the same as the ones we see almost bi/tri-monthly with the iPod touch 2nd and 3rd generation design, camera, and hundreds of scratches. Read more…
Well informed sources have notified us that the rumors of a 5 mega-pixel camera coming to this fall’s iPod touch line may not have merit. They claim the new iPod touch will have a 3.2 megapixel camera that has similar characteristics to the one found in the iPhone 3GS. Read more…
Well, this is interesting. Our twitter follower @chenks points out that, hidden in the metadata of a picture taken with his OS 4.0-enabled iPhone, there is a title stating that the picture came from the phone’s “Back Camera.” Of course, if the phone currently has a back camera, there’s a possibility that it could, in the future, have a “Side Camera,” or more appropriately, a “Front Camera.”
We’re being facetious, of course. This certainly seems like yet another hint that the next version of the iPhone (expected sometime next month) will have a front facing camera; that’s not only a long-awaited feature for the iPhone faithful, but it was also seen on that lost iPhone prototype not long ago. Read more…
Qik Video Camera Pro for any iPhone is being offered free for this weekend only.
Features:
• send to Facebook, Twitter, Youtube or send via SMS and Email
• the best combined resolution and FPS performance in the app store
• the only video camera app where video and audio are always in sync
• archive, view, and manage your videos on qik.com — no memory worries
• exclusive large video sharing over email
• get creative with Photo mixing effect – overlay any picture on top of your video, draw on it!
• 10 amazing real time effects Read more…
An interesting patent application came to light via PatentlyApple yesterday. The patent, titled “Camera as Input Interface,” was filed by Apple in August 2008 and details a means of controlling an iPhone by swiping a finger across the device’s camera lens. The patent proposes using the iPhone’s camera, which is typically idle when the user is on a call, to control voicemail options such as rewind, fast forward, and pause while the iPhone is at the user’s ear:
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A new Apple patent application entitled “Apparatus and Method for Compensating for Variations in Digital Cameras” depicts a front facing camera on a handheld device.
According to AppleInsider the patent says that the current manufacturing process for digital video cameras is inconsistent and often results in flaws. Camera modules are manufactured separately as independent units before they are incorporated into a larger device, such as an iPhone or iPod. This results in cameras with minor variations in lens thickness, color response, wavelength cutoff, and more. Read more…
Qik Video Camera, an application which provides video recording capabilities for any iPhone, has been updated to version 4.5
Finally, a quality Video Camera for any iPhone! Facebook and SMS sharing, Effects, Zoom, up to 15 FPS, Brightness control, Audio boost, Landscape mode, Email sharing and more!
What’s New In This Version:
• Effects now for 3GS too
• Share to Facebook, SMS, email
• 5 cool new effects
• Even better video quality, especially with effects
• New UI with on-screen effects
• Better handling of large videos over email
• Improved playback of rotated videos on various video players
• Other enhancements and fixes
You can purchase Qik Video Camera from the App Store for $1.99.
[Via iclarified.com]
There will be five Apple-branded iPad accessories available at launch. We already mentioned a few of them earlier, but here is the complete rundown (with official product photos):
iPad Keyboard Dock
The Keyboard Dock is a dock for charging your iPad, integrated with a full-size keyboard. The dock has a rear 30-pin connector, which lets you connect to an electrical outlet using a USB Power Adapter, sync to your computer, and use accessories like the Camera Connection Kit. And an audio jack lets you connect to a stereo or powered speakers. The dock will sell for $69. Read more…
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? Read more…
Reiterating previous reports, MacRumors has heard that the Apple Tablet will indeed have a front facing camera.
Despite conflicting reports, we have reason to believe that the upcoming Apple Tablet will indeed carry a front facing video camera as recently described in the Wall Street Journal, “This person said Apple has experimented with the ability … for the gadget to automatically recognize individuals via a built-in camera.”
You can read up on the latest Apple Tablet rumors here.
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