September 12, 2010
 While many of you are getting excited about the upcoming release of an iPod touch with free Facetime video chats, some of you may be disappointed to hear that the device won’t be able to shoot high quality stills with the camera.
The biggest feature of the new iPod Touch, was undoubtedly the inclusion of a front-facing camera and Facetime. However, Apple didn’t really go into specifics on the rear camera as if you didn’t already know – it will only come with a less than 1MP sensor.
Some of you may of been expecting the iPod touch to ship with a 5MP camera, as seen on the iPhone 4, since the iPod touch will be able to produce HD video recording, and display it on a lovely Retina Display. If this is the case, then you’re out of luck, as the rear camera won’t fulfill your needs if you want to shoot high quality stills on the iPod Touch.
But it was revealed that the upcoming 4th generation iPod touch’s camera takes stills at a resolution of just 1 megapixel we have heard nothing but criticism, therefore we thought we would look at what the camera do, rather than what it can’t do.
Obviously a 1 megapixel camera is not going to take great quality images, especially if you wish to print them out, however the quality should be pretty good for small print outs.
Luckily HP have a guide on their website which shows you how megapixels affect print size, the outcome for the iPod touch 4G is not great, however better than some would have expected.
According to HP a 1 megapixel camera should take photos will give you ‘Good’ print quality when printed at 5 X 7 (inches), however they also go on to say prints would look ‘better’ at 4 x 6 (inches) and for best results they should be wallet size (passport photo I guess).
You can see a table showing how megapixels affect via the image embedded below. Obviously the 1 megapixel camera is a disappointment however at least there are some uses. Do you think the 1 megapixel camera is sufficient?
Vietnam has become synonymous with the word iPod or iPhone over the past few weeks, and this time is no different as an iPod touch hosting a 2 megapixel camera has been found running diagnostic software rather than the iPhone OS.
The word comes from Vietnamese website Tinhte, who provided photos and video for us to take a glance at. The media shows the iPod touch with a camera centered on the back, reminiscent of the iPod touch model which many expected Apple to announce last September.
Markings are available on the device, but these do not prove whether or not this is something new from Apple, or if it is a 2009 prototype. The serial number is quite identical to the version that could have seen a release back in September though.
Do you believe this is a new prototype, or one from September 2009?
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