Case Designs for Forthcoming iPods Reveal New Cameras

By Adrian Covert Posted 07.23.2009 at 3:34 pm 8 Comments

New iPod Cases: Camera Friendly Cult of Mac

Leander over at Cult of Mac has been busy doing some iPod sleuthing, and stumbled upon plenty of Chinese-made cases for the forthcoming iPod updates. What did he find? Cameras!

Well, maybe not actual cameras. But he found that every new case he came across for the iPod touch/nano had consistent designs for housing a camera, which almost certainly means that the new iPods we'll see in the fall will be able to snap some photos (and in the case of the iTouch, hopefully video). Obviously these don't give away any tech specs, so we can't predict too much, but it's interesting to see yet another line blur between the iPhone and iPod touch.

The form factor of these new iPods seems to be relatively unchanged, but the iPod touch has a center-aligned camera, which differs a bit from the iPhone. The nano's camera is aligned along the right side of the device's back.

[via Cult of Mac via Gizmodo]

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Mai2ine

07/23/09 at 4:18 pm

what would be the point of an iPod having the capability of taking pictures? Wouldn't it just be an iTouch sans the touch screen?

So:

iPhone = iTouch without the phone part = iPod without the touch screen

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imfamous

07/23/09 at 4:38 pm

Ipod=computer. Iphone=computer. Apple=waste of money.

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Sonic18

07/23/09 at 6:53 pm

Oh wow, i get the iPod Touch finally gettin a camera, but the nano too? That's just a waste of money.

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extremechiton

07/25/09 at 1:07 am

it would just be a bore if our ovens started having cameras.

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Dane619

07/26/09 at 1:37 pm

haha funny extremechiton. funnny cause mine does :(

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FreddyH

07/28/09 at 6:05 am

Wow! That’s a great innovation for the iPods. Having camera on it makes it more handy than ever. Although iPods are expensive but with its new feature, it will be a good buy after all.
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07/28/09 at 3:19 pm

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peanut_butt

07/28/09 at 7:41 pm

what's the point of having a camera on an mp3 player?
there are cell phones and digital cameras for those tasks.
and apple already tried coming out with an ipod with a camera a few years ago? and that was a complete blow.

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