Today Apple announced and made available a new iPod Nano with a video camera. The 8GB Model is $149 with the 16GB model coming in at just $179. Apple also updated the colors of which are now very vivid and glossy. The camera works like you would think with a simple click. Once synced you can upload to youtube. They have also added an FM tuner.
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Since there are so many rumors floating around about what Apple might due at their keynote Monday, I thought I would condense the most notable rumors into one small list. We hope a few of these come true, but you really never know exactly what Apple is up to until they show us themselves.
– a cheaper iPhone, with a less expensive limited data plan
– the showing of Snow Leopard and a release date
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In the next round of rumors for the upcoming iPhone we have a few interesting bits of information that may or may not be truth. We already know about the video camera, extra RAM, more horsepower and now the rumor of an OLED screen and backlit Apple logo.
The OLED definitely could be possible and would provide for a brighter screen that consumes less power and takes up less room. The technology is a little pricey though and that could factor into it being included.
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Patent requests from Apple continue to provide clues as to where the company may take its iPhone interface in the coming years, such as a new filing which depicts a version of the handset with a front-facing video camera and a software interface capable of adjusting itself for more precise interaction when the user carrying the phone is in motion.
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A developer was messing around with some configuration files which fooled the 3.0 beta software for iPhone to think a video camera was present. As we and others have posted, we have a pretty firm confirmation that video will be an option in the next iPhone. The screenshot shows a switch between still or video capture and has an "auto-focus camera", "magnetometer" (digital compass), and "Voice Control".
This summer should show the release of the final 3.0 firmware along with new version(s) of hardware.
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Apple Insider has posted that a vendor in "the know" has brought to our attention that AT&T is working on a major upgrade to their data network prior to the new iPhone hardware rumored to be arriving in June. AT&T has had their network stressed greatly due to the iPhone data traffic since the iPhone 3G. The iPhone accounts for about two thirds of all of AT&T’s data consumption and has caused numerous outages and slow downs in the past. If the new iPhone does include a video camera with upload capability as we suspect, AT&T will certainly need such bandwidth increases to meet demand. It will be interesting to see if there is real world speed increases that we iPhone users will see. At this point we can only hold out and anticipate what Apple has for us in June.
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