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Why the iPod Touch Has No Camera

By Mike Elgan
September 14, 2009

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Most predictions about Apple's big event today were wrong. No, Steve Jobs wasn't a no-show. Apple didn't kill the iPod Classic. And the company didn't announce Beatles music on iTunes.

But the wrongest prediction of all was that the iPod Touch would grow a video-capable camera.

Pundits were certain iPod Touch would get a camera just like the iPhone's. Whether the tiny Nano player would get a camera as well was a point of controversy.

Nobody predicted that Apple would announce a video camera for the Nano, and not for the Touch. But that's what happened. In fact, the Nano was upgraded not only with a video-capable camera, but also an FM radio and pedometer. Meanwhile, the only improvement to the iPod Touch was to the price -- the gadget now sells for $199.

But why no camera?

Get the ful story here at Datamation.com.

 
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