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    Image of tande04 tande04
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    I'm sorry but no...

    All of the evidence points to a touch with a camera. It always has.

    To say that because it didn't come to be that the whole thing was rumors is ridiculous. To take it a step further and try and say anyone (Jobs, Pouge, whatever) is just stupid.

    Jobs is pimping the product they went to market with. Case closed, no one is a "liar".

    What was he supposed to say? No the touch doesn't have a camera because it was crap so run out and buy the placeholder that we put out? Please he is a business man first and foremost.
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    Image of stinkypants stinkypants
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case

    Bad Design Flaw: The idiots placed the camera on the bottom BEHIND the click wheel so your fingers naturally get in the way trying to take a damn shot.
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    Apple could always... you know... make the iPod Touch the same size as the iPhone, so that it could accommodate the camera.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    09/14/09

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: oh yeah thats fine lets rewrite what i wrote which was a rewrite of what someone else said.
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    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    i totally agree with the person i promoted down below. its getting to the point that apple shoulda beefed up the touch so they could throw in the camera of the iPhone and upgrade the battery.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    Turns out that there's a lot of room inside the 4G iPod. C'mon you arseholes, where's my photo-take-a-tron?
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    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/14/09

    @puffnstuff: That fucking clip never gets old.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/14/09

    @puffnstuff: It's times like these that not knowing German makes the joke absolutely perfect.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    09/14/09

    @puffnstuff: Wow!
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    Image of ghmlco ghmlco
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    And the iPhone camera will not fit in the Touch case. It's too thin.

    Then again, Apple could make the Touch case as thick as the iPhone, add the camera and, oh, I don't know.... A MUCH BIGGER BATTERY!

    Seems like the "ultimate gaming iPod" should have enough juice to actually play a few games........
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    Image of nightryder21 nightryder21
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    "Hi, I'm Jesus Diaz and there nothing more that I like to do than kiss Apple's Ass and think of the "fun" Job's & I could have."

    Seriously though Jesus.... You want to take seriously that Steve Jobs wants the Touch as a true gaming platform? That is the biggest load of crap for any person to believe as the "reason" they did not include a camera. When the Touch with a camera does come out what will you say then" "Sweet new Feature!"? As always, you and some other blind followers eat up anything Apple says and have to rationalize to death to prove your points. I tell you this: Touch with a better camera than the Nano in early 2010 except on the old 8gb model.
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    Image of zerovampire311 zerovampire311
    09/14/09

    @nightryder21: Let's be realistic. It costs money. Your phone has a camera (unless you live in thge stone age and don't care about new technology, in which case, why do you care?), they make small REAL cameras, computers have cameras, laptops have cameras....

    Why does an MP3 Player need a camera too?

    Most devices people carry on them these days are saturated with cameras, GOD FORBID Apple save some money and not put a camera in their TOUCH SCREEN MP3 PLAYER<
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    Image of nightryder21 nightryder21
    09/14/09

    @zerovampire311: Of course it costs money. that Why I don't expect it in the old 3g touch but fully expect in the 4g where their profit margins are larger. Convergence is the key here. Before the iphone almost nobody wanted an mp3 player in their phone.
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    Image of zerovampire311 zerovampire311
    09/14/09

    @nightryder21: As an ex Verizon, now AT&T Sales Rep, the iPhone certainly wasn't the first to do MP3s on a phone. For the last couple years almost every single phone on the market has music and video capabilities. All Apple has on their side is being the latest trend. Also, as new phones come out, profit margins don't become larger, as newer tech is still expensive. Oddly enough, profit margins are becoming smaller and smaller on new phones, but companies are pushing people to update and buy new ones more and more often...
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    Image of frigg frigg
    09/14/09

    @zerovampire311: That's why I stick to my StarTAC. It does pretty much everything the iPhone does, and did it first!
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    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    I know this joke probably has been told countless times, but I shall say it once more.
    Jesus has come down from the skies and given us the truth!
    There. I'm done now.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/14/09


    @xBawBx:
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    09/14/09


    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected:
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    Image of Jacksonville12 Jacksonville12
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    I think hitting the $199 price point was much more important to Apple than cramming in a Camera.
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment Jacksonville12 was starred Jacksonville12 was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/14/09

    @Jacksonville12: Truth. And frankly, I'd just as soon not have a camera than have a 640x480, regardless of the device. I mean, I know there's more to pics than resolution, (not all sensors are made equal)...but man, alive. The only thing it would be useful for is tweeting pics of your life. And my guess is the Nano is not 3G/WiFi capable.

    I mean, not for nothing, Apple. It was a nice try and all, and I'm sure plenty of teenagers will love it. Personally, though? 3MP minimum. And if the sacrifice of that crappy camera gets the iPod touch a lower price, awesome.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    There are several good reasons not to have a camera in a MP3 player. I grant that point unequivocally. The excuse that the touch doesn't need one because it is a gaming device is ludicrous though. The DSi has a camera, the PSP has a camera attachment, the 360 has a camera, and the PS3 has a camera. There are several valid gaming uses for cameras. This excuse I don't buy.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    Attention Gizmodo Readers: Furthermore, you guys should all stop wanting more and better stuff from Apple and be satisfied with what you got. Also you guys should stop drumming up rumors and speculation over products that clearly don't exist, though they *may* exist in the future.

    Those territories belong exclusively to the Apple Tablet.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    I'm quite surprised at how impartial about Apple products you've been over the past few months, Jesus. Before that your articles reeked of fanboyism, but you've now become one of my favorite commenters to watch. It's not just the fruit impartiality that you've impressed me with; the overall quality of your articles have improved.
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    Image of SamCity SamCity
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    Apple decided not to put a camera in the iPod Touch. Discussion complete. What more do people want? The malice shown towards Jobs over this astounds me. "He misled the press!" Shut the fuck up...
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    Image of RicketyCricket RicketyCricket
    09/14/09

    @SamCity: No, don't you get it? When there is no Apple news (like the last iPod event for example) we have to make up Apple news of our own!!

    /goes to get torch and pitchfork
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/14/09

    In reply to Why People Are Barking Up the Wrong Tree With the iPod Touch Camera Case
    If the iPod nano camera sucks, why include it in the iPod nano? Gimmick?
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    Image of xanderbeedle xanderbeedle
    09/14/09

    @ripfire: It's a low-end device compared the touch.

    The camera is a nice little add-on to the nano, it's not a replacement for a video camera, but it's cool to have on your nano.

    The touch however, is a more expensive product and would be cheapened by a poor camera. Pretty much exactly what the article says.
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment xanderbeedle was starred xanderbeedle was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/14/09

    @xanderbeedle: Yeah. Gimmick.
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