Source: Tom's Hardware US | Keywords: ipod, nano, video, fm, tuner | Themes: Digital Cameras, Audio/Video Players
So the Apple event is over and there was one big surprise: no camera for the iPod Touch.
As the rumors about adding a camera to the iPod Touch and the iPod Nano rolled in, a lot of you said the same thing, "Adding a camera to the iPod Touch sort of makes sense but adding a camera to the Nano is just plain stupid."
We were of the same opinion. The iPhone has a camera, so Apple could probably get away with adding one to the Touch and not be ridiculed for thinking people would want to take pictures with their mp3 player. But the Nano? Are they serious?
Apparently they were dead serious about adding a camera, but only to the Nano. They also were thinking more video than just photos. Steve Jobs said today that the company wants in on the SSD video camera action (they made an example of the 4 GB Flip, in case you're interested) and will be adding a camera to the iPod Nano. No news on what kind of camera they've crammed in there but we'll update once we find out.
Pricing sits at $149 for the 8 GB Nano and $179 for the 16 GB model. One more thing that a lot of you mentioned in the comments was adding FM radio. Why add a camera when the device doesn't even have a radio reciever? Well, now it does!
Apple also added voiceover (just like the Shuffle), a larger 2.2 inch screen, a pedometer that syncs with Nike+ Online, a voice recorder and of course, a mic to go along with that camera.
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FM Tuner? Aw man now a want a new one, I still use my 1st Gen nano.
Meh. I'm still more excited about the Zune HD.
I'm leaning toward the Zune HD myself.
How about they make that FM tuner an HD Radio tuner... Then I may be interested.
I bought a Zune 8GB for the FM. Now all the Nano needs is WiFi sync to catch up. I want to Touch the Zune HD to compare to the iPhone. Touching is believing... just ask Nintendo.
I bought a Zune 8GB for the FM. Now all the Nano needs is WiFi sync to catch up. I want to Touch the Zune HD to compare to the iPhone. Touching is believing... just ask Nintendo.
Errr... I mean iPod Touch... whatever; you knew what I meant.
The Nano with a camcorder?
That is just fucking stupid.
okay heres a question no ones asked yet:
how do you use the thing????
F%^$ing stupid Apple. Why wouldn't they put a camera and tuner in their touch models?
I agree with what I saw someone else say in one of these. "Because we really want another subpar camera to carry around with us".
I bet most people have camera phones, then they might have a DSi, which has another one. I rarely use one at all, why do they keep seeming to be convinced that we want the same crappy camera on every device we carry around?
Also kind of stupid. I know the video quality is going to be far from HD, I would imagine 320 x 240? But on a 4Gb (and even 8Gb) there would barely be any space to record to anyway once one has put their entire music collection on there.
@ ukcal
The smallest size is 8 GB, with an option for 16 GB
@ ukcalThe smallest size is 8 GB, with an option for 16 GB
"they made an example of the 4 GB Flip, in case you're interested"
I misread. :|
Though i suppose on 8Gb that's still a bit limiting with music AND video.
I agree with what I saw someone else say in one of these. "Because we really want another subpar camera to carry around with us".I bet most people have camera phones, then they might have a DSi, which has another one. I rarely use one at all, why do they keep seeming to be convinced that we want the same crappy camera on every device we carry around?
I'd be really nice if some company actually delivered a good camera. I have a SonyEricsson phone with 5Mpix and the camera is scrotum-suckingly bad!
you got to be kidding me!!?? a FM tuner?? I want a hd radio tuner for that price.
OK ummm now i'm getting confused. Iphod touch is like phone but no camera yet it has wifi but no FM tuner but nano has camera and FM but no wifi, yet the touch is more advanced with apps, while nano works like the classic but now has a few hardware quirks and the classic is just a massive storage brick and the suffle is a low profile music player?
SO to be the ultimate Mac Geek
I would wear my Ipod Shuffle listening to my favorite music
while I take pics/vids with my ipod nano
while surfing the web and playing with some cool apps on my ipod touch
while talking to buddies on my iphone
and then go home to listen to my ipodclassic that is docked in my home stereo.
Why can't apple make a product that does it all in one???
They do, it is called the iphone.
finally a fm tuner... Zune HD looks better
At first I agreed with the general consensus -- a camera is stupid. But then thinking further, the iPod really isn't just an MP3 player. It is a media player. It plays MP3's, but it also plays movies, shows pictures, and plays (crappy) games. Why not home movies too? I definitely agree that it needs to support more codecs.
Apple fails again.... Oh well it only took them how many generations to put a simple FM tuner in the iPod... Oh well there is always next year.
Ok, I've been wanting to buy a nano. I decided to wait since the new gen is coming out. now i hear i have to pay for a camera i absolutely dont want in my mp3 player. guess i'll buy last gen, once the price drops.
it just erks me that they think they can keep it at the same price point despite dropping flash prices, just by adding a camera noone wants. they should of doubled storage, dropped the camera, and kept it at the same price. seriously, a camera in the nano?!
Well it is Apples calling card to change the hardware just a little bit then keep everything at the same price point. I mean look at the the Macbooks and Mac Pros, they add a little bit faster hardware and bam, they charge you the same ammount of money it has been forever and what do you get instead of making it cheaper. A computer that can open safari one second faster. And the funny thing is people actually eat that sh*t up.
Case and point
err minus the case and point there was more but I think I made my point.
Is Apple selling a nano with an FM Tuner that can't be recorded off the air? Even my $20 Sanclip will record FM IN STEREO off the air. If I'm at work and I want to record a news break no problem, a couple presses of a button will do it. Can the new NANO do this? I'm getting no confirmation and I'm not going to buy one just to find out it can't do something that the other brands have done for years.
New feature I guess for the Zune is like the radio tagging used for the iPod. You can listen to the song with the FM tuner and next time you sync you can buy it. I thought that was pretty cool.
Add something old charge as something new.