iPad Enclosure Has Empty Space for Camera?
Top: iPad frame, Center: Camera, Bottom: MacBook Frame
Repair company Mission Repair has posted images of what is supposedly the iPad outer frame. While the iPad is not yet shipping, the company seems to have gotten a supply of iPad parts through unofficial channels. Identical photos have been circulating on other websites. Assuming these are actual iPad parts, it appears that Apple did build in a space for a camera at the top of the device.
The photo above is particularly convincing as the iPad frame is compared to a MacBook frame which does house a camera. The holes seem identical. Even if this is all true, Apple ultimately chose not to include a camera from the first version of the iPad. The iPad will begin shipping in late March.
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26 months ago
Maybe Apple had problems with it like the problems in the iPod Touch.
Maybe it will define iPad 2 - now with camera!
26 months ago
Seriously, you'd have to be a moron to buy the 1.0 version of the iPad. But you just know there will be scores of dimwits sleeping outside the Apple stores the night before the iPad goes on sale.
26 months ago
Maybe it will define iPad 2 - now with camera!
and it will be called revolutionary
26 months ago
Maybe Apple had problems with it like the problems in the iPod Touch.
I thought it was the camera suppliers that let Apple know they wouldn't be able to meet demand?
26 months ago
Oh snap, the sh&t just hit the fan, get ready for people griping about how it should be added in, when in reality they could still throw it in and surprise us, but very unlikely.
26 months ago
If this is true..
EVERYONE BUY AN iPAD AND MAKE IS A SUCCESS. That way version 2 will come out and be better for me to buy :P
EVERYONE BUY AN iPAD AND MAKE IS A SUCCESS. That way version 2 will come out and be better for me to buy :P
26 months ago
Just think about it. Apples works very hard at the design and user experience.
If the Ipad had a camera ether you would tire your arms out holding out far enough from your face, or the other person would be looking up your nose it you had it on your lap.
The only time I see the camera working is when docked, and well thats not very apple to me.
I want a webcam in it, but I seriously can't see it working in a tablet. do to the fact that a laptop base sits flat a webcam works.
If the Ipad had a camera ether you would tire your arms out holding out far enough from your face, or the other person would be looking up your nose it you had it on your lap.
The only time I see the camera working is when docked, and well thats not very apple to me.
I want a webcam in it, but I seriously can't see it working in a tablet. do to the fact that a laptop base sits flat a webcam works.
26 months ago
It would be nice if they could include it in this first version but chances are it will come until the second one.
Or has Apple included features that were not discussed when certain product was unveiled?
Or has Apple included features that were not discussed when certain product was unveiled?
26 months ago
With or without a camera... the iPad is still going to sell well.
This isn't a surprise. Nor does this post add anything to the conversation.
This isn't a surprise. Nor does this post add anything to the conversation.
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