“OmniVision has secured CMOS image sensor (CIS) orders for upcoming Apple iPods, according to market sources,” Hans Wu and Meiling Chen report for DigiTimes.
“OmniVision will be the sole supplier of 3.2-megapixel CIS products for new iPod nano, iPod classic and iPod Touch models which will be launched in September, the sources indicated,” Wu and Chen report. “The company is one of the 3.2-megapixel CIS suppliers for the iPhone 3GS.”
The brief article in full is here.
[Attribution: AppleInsider. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brawndo Drinker” for the heads up.]
What about the other rumour of 5MP cameras, I wonder?
So the digial point & shoot camera industry is next on Apple’s list. Good. I just want them to reinvent printers & scanners.
Classic?!!!
The 5 megapixel cameras are for the next revision of laptops and iMacs
Security?
So will iPods now be banned from corporations that don’t allow camera-toting devices in?
I guess putting a camera on them make sense, though… they playback photos and video… why not record them?
So are photo and personal video sales next for iTunes Store? lol
“Classic?!!!”
Hell, YES, Classic! I would not trade my 160Gb Classic for all the Touches and Nanos in the world. I have almost 15000 songs and 100 music videos on it right now . . . with room to spare for incremental backups of my most important Mac documents and folders.
Couldn’t live without it (with or without the new camera)!
@ coolfactor
Those corporations already make you leave your phone in the car, don’t they?
Screw the camera, let’s talk capacity. Since they nixed the 160GB classic I haven’t bought a new one, because I have far more than 120GB of music. Will we see a larger capacity this time?
Camera in the classic doesn’t make sense to me.
Personally I wouldn’t use it and would see it as a wasted feature. Unless the classic gets some wireless connectivity, but then it might as well be a touch. So I don’t get it
And I agree the classic is all about capacity and hope to see a boost in the future. I love my 160gb
What about GPS? 🙁