iPod Touch camera: how good will it be?

Yeah, great congratulations,

Yeah, great congratulations, welcome to the world of "Feature-Rollout-Schedule" and "Planned-Obsolescence"

Its called business. Glad you decided to join us. Now grow up.

well said

well said

What?!?

What you and every other commenter out there who writes this same complaining comment about how Apple is late with this feature and that feature does get is that Apple only adds a feature when it works really well, and people (over 50%) will actually use it. Sure, I had a GSM phone in Europe back in 2001 that did MMS. Did I use it? NO. Why? Because it sucked. That phone had IM and I never used it.

Your idea for swapping hardware is a joke right? Haha. Obviously you've never taken an iPod or iPhone apart. You think they are minor upgrades and you can just magically add a camera (are they going to cut out the metal backing to put the camera in your old iPod?) or rip out the soldered RAM and put new ram in for you? You also don't understand labor costs either. The time it would take to perform a professional upgrade would cost more in labor than it would cost just to buy a new unit.

The iPhone 3GS camera is actually quite good because of the software (auto focus, white balance, etc.) The video is very good. The telling factor here isn't that the quality is a higher megapixel but they fact that Youtube's mobile uploads increased 400% within a few days after the release of the iPhone 3GS. It is a phone. It has a camera. It doesn't shoot HD (yet) and I don't expect it too. It would be bulky and uncomfortable (like the G1, which also has a crappy camera) and I wouldn't use it. The problem with cameras with phones isn't really the camera, it is the lens. You are restricted by size so you just can't compare the two. Sure technology has shrunken and now the iPhone 3GS has a decent camera but it took two years to happen. Maybe in another two years they'll have something worth swapping out to make the camera even better.

Your analysis of the 3GS features is really uniformed. You may care about MMS but I know a lot of people who don't really care who bought iPhones anyway (25 million or so). The iPhone has more components (cellular radios) so it really only has room for one memory chip (16 x 1). The iPod can actually fit two memory chips hence the double capacity (16 x 2).

The iPhone 3GS has a new chipset and a new processor (two years newer). It is much more effecient in both power consumption as well as processing power. The speed boost is almost entirely because of the processor and increased RAM (512 vs 256).

The new iPhone also has hardware decoding features that make Voice Control and Video recording and editing possible and USABLE on a mobile device without killing the battery in 30 minutes.

If you are just comparing "hardware features" then sure the iPhone doesn't have the highest end specs. But guess what? They aren't trying to have the bleeding cutting edge technology because they are a business designed to make money and increase the investment for their shareholders. They do that by creating value for customers and they balance profits and value. Since they are pretty much the fastest growing mobile device manufacturer in the world I'd say they are doing a pretty good job.

You should take a business class or two before you make more comments. Just to avoid further embarrassment.

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bloody brilliant,not have said it better myself,thanx mate,about time these foolish comments answered with gusto and logic,so many idiots bagging stuff by apple and dont know what they are talking about,good one,please do more often,it really is a pleasure to read,