“As for the products themselves, Munster said the iPod touch price cuts were a ‘slight disappointment,’ as was the lack of a camera on the device,” Hughes reports. “‘We were expecting a new iPod touch model with a video camera, which Apple did not announce,’ he said. ‘The lack of a camera may be due to last-minute quality issues, or it may also be a strategic decision to differentiate the nano from the touch, and the touch from the iPhone. Ultimately we see the lack of a camera in the touch as a move to push users toward the iPhone and drive purchases of multiple devices per customer by segmenting the product lines.'”
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Let the competition eat cake
Absolutely right !
This Xmas everyone will buy one Aople product or another- Thera a great selection atevery price
I’m buyin the zune!!!!
A still camera on the touch, not the Nano type.
In David Pogue’s interview yesterday Steve Jobs explained why the iPod touch didn’t get a camera: “Originally, we weren’t exactly sure how to market the Touch. Was it an iPhone without the phone? Was it a pocket computer? What happened was, what customers told us was, they started to see it as a game machine. Because a lot of the games were free on the store… We started to market it that way, and it just took off. And now what we really see is it’s the lowest-cost way to the App Store, and that’s the big draw.”
I thought that was plain enough to quell complaints about no camera.
Expect Youtube uploads to explode and their severs will beg for mercy.
No, JES42, it was enough to quell any secondary thoughts from RDFers who can’t see that Steve Jobs’ explanation was laced with more bullshit than Obama’s speech last night.
yeah i bet FLIP is so pissed off and already trying to sell itself off. Apple really screwed them up royally by singling them out.
In time PSP and DSI wont be able to compete with the Touch.
The PSP and DS will be able to compete with the iPod touch just fine, as will the Zune HD, Creative Zii and other PMPs. Because Apple is purposely shortchanging features in order to protect their iPhone revenues. Those other companies don’t have to worry about that.
And those wide profit margins you guys love to cheer? Well we won’t have to worry about Apple putting anything too radical in there because that would erode them.
By this time next year when Steve Jobs is trotting out a 4G iPod touch with a lousy camera, it will have been done a hundred times over and they’ll be behind the game rather than ahead of it.
@XJM
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It is an good idea if you collect the rare and useless objects. Within 20 years, this thing might even get some value!…
True, a camera next year may be late to the game, but the others still do not have the Apps, iTunes, or the other and most important feature, ingeniously delivered total user experience. Apple will out a twist on it, like editing video on the iPhone 3GS, that will differentiate it from the others.
and also against the PSP and DSI, gaming companies will have the benefit of no more packaging, shipping, shipping dates, quantity overstock or constant waits, and be able to offer at more initial affordable prices plus in app purchases. and you get to listen to your own music.