iPhone OS 4 Beta 4 Hints Camera for iPad, iPod

Breaking news: Apple products getting features they should have already had. More at 11.

Can you put all the new features of OS4.0 in one article. So the front page isnt all apple news today. I am tired of bashing apple today.

Please for the love of God stop the Apple crap, with each article that get posted the more it drives people insane.

These articles are flame baits!

I am kinda surprised that apple didn't just put in the camera in this generation, and then the led flash in the next. Oh wait they are probably going to charge 20 bucks for an update to turn the led on. You know like what they did with bluetooth.

Life was so much simpler when Apple was just a fruit.

I am exhausted FFS but Hitler will take my place today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lui0-4IW64

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuA_OUL91og

And their fan base continues on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLcc19mt4eA

Haha, nice.

And... Considering the theoretical prototypes have already been dismantled and looked over, why is this news? Didn't those articles already say they had cameras?

could kevin please pull his apple whatever out of his (whatever orifice you want) and stop posting worthless apple stuff every 5 minutes.

I dont understand why you guys haven't been covering any of the google news today. I mean I would think that android getting flash is a bigger deal than the iphone getting anything.

And tomorrow, Apple will be the one who will wind up with the "front face camera for mobile devices" patent...

BTW: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/21036-9-google

I love it. It takes 4 generations for apple to add a camera. And android has flash in its first. Now all I need is for a good manufacturer to make an android phone. I just dont like HTC.

How much does Apple pay you, Tomsguide, for doing their marketing?

I dont think apple is paying them. I think they are worried the about the swat team breaking down the door if they dont post positive stories about apple.

Another top quality product from apple, i have a decent size xenon flash on my nokia n82 and i can use it as often as i want.



It does seem pretty suspicious how much mundane news gets posted about apple

Maybe they are just hoping Apple sends them some free swag and devices.

I wouldn't be surprised if Apple starts a service where previous Ipad owners can send in their Ipads to get a web cam. The slot is already there (at least physically in the chassis, I'm not sure about the board itself)

It'll be a low price of $200, must be worth it. *sarcasm*

I really think other companies need to create their own private release meetings to create hype about a mundane product.

Guys try to be fair.... at least as today May 20th at 5:21pm EST... Toms only have 2 Apple related news in total 14 news they posted on May 20th from 6am-5pm EST. And one of the 2 are actually the News for AT&T...

1 out of 14 or 1/7 (if you count that AT&T news).... it is not that bad.... at least base on Tom's track record....

However I do have problem of having similar news posted repeatly.. like the camera on new ipod.. which was first reported on the Vitenm leak news... maybe it is better to keep this one as an update or followup story instead of being a news by itself.

Agree... since both the previous post on AT&T is also iPhone OS4 related and both of these news are not the original report (which means have seen on Engadget, wired, or Gizmodo already), it is defintely a good idea to group them together to have a summary report. Wich also make Toms looks better than just copying and pasting new from other sites (I do thank you a lot to keep us "informed".. but Toms needs to show its originality).

Years into the smartphone age apple finally adds "features" that have been the standard for a very long time now and I bet the camera still would'nt be all that good considering the tech on rivaling devices. Even with the flash and possibly better camera, my old n97 will still pwn it.

The OS can support any hardware, but at Apple, Lord Jobs will charge you $20 for an "update" that will enable the hardware.

+1

I can't get enough of the whining. It's pure music to my ears. Even more so because I know, statistically speaking.. most of the ones whining have NEVER tried a single apple product.. Hell, I used to bash apple all the time..

I'm glad I grew up. And they wonder why we seem arrogant, cocky, and better than them?

Bashing apple doesn't make you seem cool. Nobody is clapping.

Its like smoking cigarettes..

It makes you look like an idiot.

"k thx bai"

What's this? Amongst the first fifteen to dip I count a dozen or so anti-Apple comments posted by people who appear to have little or no understanding of free will. I thought such types were considered Appledroids. Many breeds of sheep bleat. Most stare vacuously.

Better than being charged a whole heap for Vista only to find it disabled your hardware. Not to worry though, MS can re-package (like nVidia), give it a bit of a face lift, slap on a new iteration number, take away functionality and charge their customers all over again. That's how capitalists like it. BTW, how much do you get robbed of each month to enable your mobile phone or internet connection?

So far today on THW I've seen Our Jobs referred to as God, Lord, Tyrant and Satan.

Your Jobs? and not sure what mobile phone/internet charges have to do with anything either.

Even Ballmer now admits vista was a mistake, but unlike m$ apple control everything, so it hardly seems fair to blame m$ if when they release a totally - ground up - different OS that not all of the millions of variations of PC's work first time.

It does seem an over-sight not having a camera on the iPad though. Then again, a long chat could start to make your arms ache.
On another note - I saw my first one the other day, the BBC F1 presenter was holding one, didn't see him do anything with it mind you.

Lets see, how many hardware variations did Vista have to work with. How many does OSX have to work with. Oh thats right just one because thats the only way their os will work properly. To be honest I had Vista and it wasnt to bad.

As far as the other comment about being writing on a macbook. Nope my head is still here. You know unless you bought a macbook last month you are typing on 4 year old hardware right.

Really funny coming from a mac user. Ipod touch repackaged every year for basic functionality, Same with the iphone. Tethering a year late, camera 4 generations late, same processors in the macbooks for years.
And last I checked apple fans were paying more for those rebranded nvidia cards. Which proves you arent all there in the head. You admit nvidia re brands their chips and continues to charge more for them, then you admit that you are an apple user that pays for those same chips. The sad part is you paid the apple tax on top of a re-badged card.

Absolutely. They repackaged an OS, and slapped it on hardware. When vista came out, everyone still had the same hardware. Wait a second.. Nevermind.. Vista came out, was compatible with almost nothing, lol. Had to get new hardware and new programs JUST to use a severely problematic OS. I paid for something new with old software. Big deal. You paid for NEW software, then had to buy NEW hardware and NEW software JUST to use your pretty, yet unfunctional OS. Something tells me I'm still winning that fight, apple tax and all.

And yes, apple users have been paying apple tax, on top of everything for nvidia rebrands.. But still, in the end, apple products still WORKED. Yours didn't.

Now I'm not saying apple isn't without its flaws, but I still prefer their straight-forward highway robbery, than m$ and their methods. To each his own wouldn't you agree? I respect your choice. I'm only asking you to respect ours.


Oh, and btw's.. My main rig is a pc. Just sayin.

Do some bloody homework! Far, far more PC users pay additional extortion-racket money for rebranded GPU cards than Apple customers do for Mac GPU upgrades (or downgrades actually), because most Macs can't be fiddled with, so there is less opportunity for OEM's to rip off gullible customers who cream their diapers every time their specs suggest an extra fps can be squeezed out of a rig. PC customers are by far the more abused by this system of relentless upgrades. It costs time, resources, waste, $$$'s (and, it would appear, sanity).

You think Apple writes its OS for one Mac model? Until recently (10.6) Mac OS had to operate with dozens of legacy machines using different (PPC, x86) CPU's, GPU's, RAM etc., Apple have reduced the number of different machines but there are still quite a few supported Macs and future models to come...all will need supporting. Apple customers pay more for GPU's because the market is smaller not because Apple impose a tax. Despite this, my EVGA285GTX cost just about the same as the PC version. There was about $30.00 difference in price.

P.s. I use a Windows 7 Bit PC and a 64Bit Mac (each serves a different function).

[citation]"The iPad needs to cool down before you can use the flash."[/citation]

No one got it right... Adobe's Flash is coming to iPad but due to heavy loads on the processor sometimes you need to let the iPad cool down before you can view Flash content... FIXED

The major thing I do not like about Apple is that they make minor improvements for each release and make it like they were the first to do it, or it's be best thing since sliced bread, even though the feature has been used by other companies. Still can't believe that ever time people eat this shit for breakfast.

...or when holding one in your hand didn't make you into a "fruit".