Rumor: iPods to Sport Video Cameras
What could doubtless knock the super-popular Flip Mino off its pedestal? Why, an Apple-made video camera, naturally. According to rumors trickling in the blogosphere, Apple may insert cameras like those found in the iPhone 3GS. thus capable of capturing video into its line-up of iPods. Most probably the iPod Touch and iPod Nano will receive the cameras, as earlier rumors have advised.
Cameras in the iPod Touch are an obvious choice. the device is so like the iPhone, it is only sensible that Apple mirrors the 2. And though I have my doubts that something as little as the iPod Nano could handle the energy- and memory-sucking power of capturing and storing video, a digital camera is actually possible. It's not likely the iPod Classic would get one, and the iPod Shuffle is out of the dash for plain reasons. So where did these rumors come from? They come from TechCrunch.
According to its Asian sources, Apple has got a giant number of camera modules like the ones in the iPhone 3GS. Thanks to the significant size of the order, it is assumed that these cameras are intended for the iPod line. Another rumor comes from MacRumors in the shape of protecting iPod cases. Leaked cases are really a pretty trusty indicator of what's occurring with iPods; it is the way in which the most recent version of the iPod Nano was exposed before its time.
These supposed cases for the iPod Nano and iPod Touch sport a tiny hole where a camera eye could peek out. If these rumors are true then the Flip video camera is in for some heavy competition. Everyone wants an iPod, and if they come packed with cameras, shoppers looking for an all-in-one media device need look no further. The Flip Mino stands an opportunity if it lowers its price-point (now hovering around $180) or incorporates extra features.
Flip Mino apart, if Apple puts its weight behind the video recording market, you'd better believe it may control, and rival breakthroughs are going to come fast.