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iPod New iPod Nano does video but not pictures?!!
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You aren't the only one that is confused. But it looks like it won't do pictures... yet. It seems easy for Apple to do it through a software update.
From David Pogue's chat with Steve Jobs:
Q. How come the Nano can now record video, but cant take stills?
A.
The sensors for doing video are fairly thin. The sensors for doing a still camera, at much higher pixel resolution and wed really like to have autofocus they are just way too thick to ever fit inside the Nano.
http://bit.ly/NeKXP
Q. How come the Nano can now record video, but cant take stills?
A.
The sensors for doing video are fairly thin. The sensors for doing a still camera, at much higher pixel resolution and wed really like to have autofocus they are just way too thick to ever fit inside the Nano.
http://bit.ly/NeKXP
I think it should take pictures too and I'm slightly disappointed that it doesn't. But I feel like eventually Apple could update that with some software. At least the camera is there.
That just made the new Nano a non purchase for me.
I know! Me too! What will I do without .3 MP stills!? How can I live!?
So will you purchase another model iPod that doesn't take pictures either?
Why the nano needed any sort of camera is beyond me. I'm betting most iPod nano owners already have a cell phone that does stills and video -- albeit crappily in a lot of cases. The iPhone 3GS still camera is about the bare minimum you'd want to really spend money on. I doubt the nano camera is as good.
#2 is not correct. The pedometer is built into the new nano. Check out the hands on videos popping up everywhere. To test, people are just shaking the nano up and down and it's "counting" steps.
Yeah, all they said was that the pedemetre can be used WITH your Nike+ account (so I would assume if you walked to work you could just use the iPod to count your steps and track it on the Nike+ page without having to use the Nike+ sensor and receiver in your shoes).
The whole pedometer thing really surprises me. Talk about a step backwards in technology. As inaccurate as the nike+ sensors can be, pedometers are notoriously and shockingly inaccurate. It's the nature of the technology - counting steps is just not a good way to judge distance.
I just really can't believe that the Nano doesn't do pictures and that the Touch didn't get the same camera as the 3GS to do pics and video because I simply can not understand why anyone would want a device that did all those things that wasn't their phone too.
Apple:
Leave the cameras out of Nanos and Touches, and just make iPods. The iPhone is your one stop shopping destination.
Apple:
Leave the cameras out of Nanos and Touches, and just make iPods. The iPhone is your one stop shopping destination.
I'm not entirely sure what they did exactly to 'screw us'? The nano is the exact same, only with features added that don't take away from anything previous, right? Oh, they took away some of the price didn't they? It certainly didn't go up, at the very least. If they took away features from the previous nano then I guess you could make an argument.
My thoughts exactly. If you are upset at what you didn't get, I would hate to be around your house at Christmas time.
"You got me a coffee maker that doesn't have a built-in camera? How dare you? I got screwed again!"
video and still sensors and lenses are different. When you combine both you usually dont get good results on either side. You can get decent results but not good results.
The nano didnt need any kind of video or camera though. Just make it an audio player and put the video or still camera into the touch.
The nano didnt need any kind of video or camera though. Just make it an audio player and put the video or still camera into the touch.
I was going to replace my original iPod Nano and pass it down to somebody else and get the new one for myself. But I'm going to stick to my current iPod Nano - it's still as flawless as it was the day I purchased it.
I think the next iPod nano should have a myspace, facebook, and twitter app built in the nano only those 3 apps. And users can navigate by using the click wheel and type kinda like the MacBook Wheel.
Macbook wheel if you haven't heard about it..
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary
Macbook wheel if you haven't heard about it..
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary
Thats not true.
I dont have Nike+ and I just used the pedometer.
1500 step walk - burnt 66 calories!