Hey, maybe that iPod touch with a camera is real after all (video)
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted August 14th 2009 6:45PM
posted August 14th 2009 6:45PM
Update: And... here's a gallery of new pics.
[Thanks, Kyle and Darren]
posted August 14th 2009 6:45PM
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I'd rather have tegra over a camera, imho.
Tegra isn't all it's hyped up to be. Neither is OLED.
Obviously haven't used Tegra, but if you think OLED isn't worth the hype... you've never seen one AND you're just a fanboy.
@Spaceman
Neither is a low res camera and a mic
@Dr. Spaceman: Neither are these kind of cameras. The difference between your comment and mine? I've actually used devices with these kinds of cameras.
Is it true that OLED has a shorter life than LCD? Does this mean the screen loses brightness faster or does it just mean it dies out faster? If were in the process of moving past LCD why don't we pick laser instead of OLED, it seems to be better because the picture quality is as good as it gets and it doesn't wear out. I'm still learning...
The blue begins to fade around 20k hours of operation.
With the powersaving modes portable devices have, you aren't likely to kill the OLED any time soon. The only thing really at risk are TVs, since their whole purpose is the display.
@microlith
20,000/(24*365)...
Who doesn't get a new PMP every two years?
@Scabies: That assumes you have the screen on 24 hours a day every day.Typical screen use(let's be generous) could be 8 hours a day, every day, meaning instead of 2 years you're talking about 6 before the blue begins to fade.
@Scabies
20k hours total operation. So sure, it'll die after just over 2 years if you leave it on constantly. But as I said, these things have power saving modes and the display is not the sole purpose of the device. It'll probably be off more than it's on.
@Scabies
20k hours total operation. So sure, it'll die after just over 2 years if you leave it on constantly. But as I said, these things have power saving modes and the display is not the sole purpose of the device. It'll probably be off more than it's on.
But go ahead and make dumb implications.
Damnit I hate engadget's comment system.
This new iPod touch will obviously have the same innards as the 3G S. Cortex A8, PowerVR MBX-Lite. I've read no documentation stating that this tegra stuff is any faster or better. It's just all tegra this, tegra that, I'm a Zune HD fanboy and I cream my jeans over tegra.
Have you SEEN any OLEDs outdoors? Good luck trying to find music to listen to, surf the internet or use the display at all outside in sunlight. I'll admit, indoors, OLEDs are phenomenal, but since they suck outside, I don't think they have any place in portable electronics.
@Spaceman
here we go again you have obviously never used an OLED screen period! and OLED doesnt look shitty from different angles as most current lcds on current mobile devices look!
now u get low ranked
"Thankfully, the problem's not as severe as in, for example, the Samsung i8510 (INNOV8), whose screen has poor contrast in all outdoor conditions. The N85's display works reasonably well in indirect sunlight, i.e. without the sun competing directly. So you CAN use it outdoors."
NOW STFU!
How can more then one person be "Highest Ranked"?
High, Higher, Highest, Most Highest, +1 internets, +2 internets...
Basically, we can all agree that (for graphics) Tegra is more powerful than PowerVR/Cortex. If Microsoft launches without games initially - it won't do well. They need a flashy launch event complete with apps, games, and Media center integration. Also, I'm seeing people discount the power of software w/ respect to camera/microphone. Sure, there have been camera's/microphones before... but tied to the SDK and app store, I expect incredible innovation in apps using these client features.
@OneLove- Unless you were joking entirely, it simply means that the comment has reached the highest rank possible in the engadget comments.
Dr.Spaceman Your comment about creaming your jeans over Zunes was ledgendary. so true. Concidering it was sarcasm, you are my new best friend! lol. Quick lets shout tegra at them repeatedly and they might explode! TEGRA! TEGRA! look, they're creaming themselves right now! Tegra!
Geez, how many megapixels is this thing gonna pack? Just look at the size of the lens.
Do you know why I know it's fake?
Because Apple hasn't force them to commit suicide.
You're kidding me. You'd rather have a product because of a chip inside that you know nothing about except the marketing of over another product. How is that even possible? It's the very definition of fanboy.
@why not:
Yes, instead of a camera so crappy it wont be worth it to use on an PMP, I'd rather have my PMP powered by a chip that can output HD, and do many other things if used right. I've seen many demonstrations of tegra, and it looks every bit as powerful as they claim.
Hahaha what happen engadget with your investigations after all maybe is real haah stupid.
So... nothing dramatically different in the new iPod touch. Look's like the Zune HD could be my next PMP then. :)
Back to the arguments over OLED lifespan, I could be wrong, but I believe these things are measured in the number of hours before a display element has half the brightness it had originally, not the time until it's completely dead, so 20,000 hours isn't even the entire lifetime of the display. Of course, one of the other problems of OLEDs has been that different colors die off at different rates, so the colors start looking funky.
Well I'll be goddamned.
So this is why that asian kid was beaten to death, I mean committed suicide and jumped off his building.
lol hater noobs pwned
I hate you.
This is the worst birthday ever.
Looks like some mod to me.
/facepalm
agreed :D
Agreed.
/end facepalm
Yup... the iPod is conveniently taken apart. Now if they actually USED it to take a picture, it'd be easy to believe. Or at least showed the camera app.. but no0o they have a halfpod..
HA! NOW YOUR BLUE!!
lol seems truly
What's with the ridiculously close recording? Why not give a full body view or something.
Still, it'll be interesting to see how this ipod touch turns out in the end. I can't see it having too much more than an added camera and maybe better (faster) processor than the current one. Certainly can't change the resolution of the screen or anything.
Who's to say it's not a hardware mod? Someone took a lens assembly from an iPhone, drilled a hole, and glued it in, then added a prototype logic board. The date on the logic is probably what is shopped.
Who is pathetic enough to bother?
@stephen lang
You'd be surprised
Dear Apple,
can I please be a product tester?! I'll be your best friend!!
-Bill
Unfortunately I think they only hire people who can fart. :(
Sorry.
Holy crap.
I think the comment ratings work again.
i hope so... either that or its just cuz of the massive amount of people (therefore rankings) coming through like in most apple related article's :\
Perhaps this is the lost prototype that fella from China died over.
this might actually be legit – red PCBs are prototype boards at Apple
Where do we send flowers to the family of this person?