Photo shows alleged 7th-gen multi-touch iPod nano with 1.3MP camera
Yet another piece of evidence shows that the next iPod nano will retain its same small form factor and multi-touch screen, but add a camera to the rear side of the diminutive device and strangely ditch the built-in clip.
A picture claimed to show the alleged seventh-generation iPod nano appeared on Monday on the website tw.apple.pro (via Google Translate). The report claims that the camera is a low-resolution 1.3 megapixel lens.
Crediting a source named "Ray" from California, the site suggests that the next iPod nano will not include a clip as the current model does. Placing a clip on the back of the device would cover the camera lens on the supposed device.
Tuesday's picture is not the first report to suggest that Apple could add a camera to its multi-touch iPod nano. In early April, an unverified photo showed an alleged seventh-generation iPod nano frame with space in the back for a rear-facing camera.
The Taiwanese Apple blog has correctly leaked each of the previous six generations of the iPod nano. Last year, they leaked photos of a tiny touchscreen that went on to become the multi-touch display for the sixth-generation iPod nano, released in 2010.
The larger fifth-generation iPod nano, released in 2009, did have a camera, along with the classic-style iPod click wheel. But the camera was ditched in the 2010 model, allowing Apple to create an even smaller device driven by a multi-touch display.
Adding a camera to the iPod nano once again could appease some critics who were disappointed that the feature was removed last year. But removing a clip from the rear of the device would also be a detriment, as the small size and inclusion of an integrated Nike+ pedometer has made the sixth-generation iPod nano a strong choice for use at the gym.
A picture claimed to show the alleged seventh-generation iPod nano appeared on Monday on the website tw.apple.pro (via Google Translate). The report claims that the camera is a low-resolution 1.3 megapixel lens.
Crediting a source named "Ray" from California, the site suggests that the next iPod nano will not include a clip as the current model does. Placing a clip on the back of the device would cover the camera lens on the supposed device.
Tuesday's picture is not the first report to suggest that Apple could add a camera to its multi-touch iPod nano. In early April, an unverified photo showed an alleged seventh-generation iPod nano frame with space in the back for a rear-facing camera.
The Taiwanese Apple blog has correctly leaked each of the previous six generations of the iPod nano. Last year, they leaked photos of a tiny touchscreen that went on to become the multi-touch display for the sixth-generation iPod nano, released in 2010.
The larger fifth-generation iPod nano, released in 2009, did have a camera, along with the classic-style iPod click wheel. But the camera was ditched in the 2010 model, allowing Apple to create an even smaller device driven by a multi-touch display.
Adding a camera to the iPod nano once again could appease some critics who were disappointed that the feature was removed last year. But removing a clip from the rear of the device would also be a detriment, as the small size and inclusion of an integrated Nike+ pedometer has made the sixth-generation iPod nano a strong choice for use at the gym.
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Adding a camera wouldn't drive me wild, but some would love it. That's not the problem though; there's just no way they'd do away with the clip. It wouldn't have to cover the lens at all if they just made the clip only 3/4 of the height of the device. Also, the finish on the camera mount just doesn't look Apple standard to me.
But removing a clip from the rear of the device would also be a detriment, as the small size and inclusion of an integrated Nike+ pedometer has made the sixth-generation iPod nano a strong choice for use at the gym.
You are not supposed to bring cameras into the gym.
iPod Nano Watch with front facing camera for facetime calls, wireless headphones, link to your iPhone for onscreen RSS news feeds, tweets, etc. Opens a whole new world.
I would love to see nano sales numbers for the last several years on a graph to see if there was a big drop off with the current design. It's been 9 months now and I have yet to see a single instance of the new nano "in the wild", so to speak. And I don't think it was lack of a camera alone that would cause sales to drop.
This whole concept is beyond stupid. Having a "camera" that small just doest seem practical. Not unless you're a super spy
Well, since Apple lost a contract to Google for the Army, maybe they are trying to go after the CIA and NSA!
The iPod itself will be magnetic and we place a small magnet on the other side of the fabric.
We will loose this small magnet all the time and it will drive us crazy.
That being said, this doesn't look like a camera. It shaped very oddly. It could just be a mount point for a new clip design.
I'm just glad I bought a discontinued 2009 model when the current, crippled model was released. It may well be the last regular iPod I ever buy if the current trend continues.
Ditto. Me too. Got a refurb. Love it.
But seriously, if they have extra space in there it should go to more battery, and its well past time for another capacity doubling to 16/32GB. And removing the clip in a device that small is moronic.
That camera does look fishy though. I'm hoping this is fake.
There is no clip because the device will be worn directly in the eye, monacle-style. It will be released in conjunction with the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie and will be known as the iPatch.
Do you have evidence of this?
http://lunatik.com/
What I really wish Apple would do, though, is add Bluetooth to the Nano. That way I can see on my watch (Nano) who is calling, get Facebook/Twitter updates from my phone without having to take my phone out of my pocket.
Ditto. Me too. Got a refurb. Love it.
I thought I was the only person on the planet that thought the last iPod Nano was a mistake. I like the idea of smaller, but at some point it becomes unusable, and the current iPod Nano is unusable in my book.
I thought I was the only person on the planet that thought the last iPod Nano was a mistake. I like the idea of smaller, but at some point it becomes unusable, and the current iPod Nano is unusable in my book.
Ditto
Lime, please.
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It's where an optional clip connects.
I thought I was the only person on the planet that thought the last iPod Nano was a mistake. I like the idea of smaller, but at some point it becomes unusable, and the current iPod Nano is unusable in my book.
I laughed and walked away when I briefly tried the teeny weeny 6G at the Apple store.