Camera

Verizon Droid vs. iPhone 3GS Side-by-Side Camera Showdown

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 a 10:17 pm

The 5 megapixel, dual LED flash Verizon/Motorola Droid camera beats the iPhone 3GS 3 megapixels on specs alone, right? Not according to the Chicago Sun/Times' technology columnist, Andy Ihnatko, who put some side-by-side comparison shots up on Flickr.

Why the iPod touch G3 Camera was Yanked, and Rightly So

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Sep 14, 2009 a 1:48 pm

Everyone, including Steve Jobs, has very reasonable sounding theories as to why the third gen iPod touch camera was removed. Rather than rehash it again, however, we thought we'd let our minds wonder into parody, and consider what might have happened in a world only slightly more cartoonish than ours...

Steve Jobs, fresh from his recent leave of absence, comes crashing back into Apple's Cupertino campus, and after fixing the typography on the iPhone ~~3G S~~ 3GS, tweaking some pixels on the Snow Leopard icons, and spending time meditating deep in the iTablet vault, he heads over to the scorched closet that used to be reserved for iPhone A2DP testing...

Rumor Expounded: More on Potential iPod touch Camera Delay

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Sep 8, 2009 a 7:21 am

Yesterday we heard a rumor that Apple may be experiencing problems with the iPod's new camera feature, and those problems could cause a delay.

Today, Hardmac threw in some rumored details about the rumored problems:

The issue would be linked to the new camera module. We did not get any further details, but the problem has been spotted in the first dozen of thousands units produced. Those units have been put aside.

Again, even if true, this would likely only cause a delay in the release of the third generation iPod touch, not its announcement at tomorrow's "It's only rock and roll, but we like it" special music event. This has happened in the past when products weren't quite ready or had last minute spec changes necessitating a delay.

3.2 Megapixel Cameras Bound for iPod touch, iPod nano, and... iPod classic?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 a 1:00 pm

The iPod touch, iPod nano, and now it sounds like the hard-drive based iPod classic are all set to receive cameras, presumably at Apple's September 9 music event. We've heard rumors of the iPod touch before, of course, and even the iPod nano, but the iPod classic as well?

That's what Digitimes (via MacRumors) is reporting:

iPhone Now Owns the Title of "Most Popular Camera on Flickr"

By Jeremy, Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 a 11:20 am

It was just over a year ago that the iPhone became the undisputed champion of cell phone cameras on Flickr. Without a doubt, the modern day cell phone camera has become a serious photographic tool and thanks to the release of iPhone 3GS, the iPhone has stepped into 1st place in upload popularity of all cameras just ahead of Cannon's Digital Rebel XTi.

iPhone 3GS Camera Pre-Caches Images Before You Take Them?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Aug 14, 2009 a 1:06 pm

Does the iPhone 3GS camera constantly buffer live video data, in effect pre-caching the images you want before you take them? Birdhouse developer Adam Lisagore thinks so, and says so via his Lonely Sandwich blog:

Third Generation iPod touch to get Camera... and Microphone?

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jul 21, 2009 a 7:48 am

Rumors of the third generation iPod touch getting a camera -- even video camera -- is nothing new, however Wired.com now claims they may be getting a built-in microphone as well:

A well-connected source tells us those rumors are on the money, and that Apple’s factories in China are already manufacturing iPod Touch models with integrated cameras and microphones. An Apple spokesman declined to comment when reached by phone.

App Review: AutoStitch Panorama Maker for iPhone

By Matt Sawyers, Friday, Jul 10, 2009 a 6:49 am

AutoStitch Forum Review by msbaylor. For more Forum Reviews, see the TiPb iPhone App Store Forum Review Index!

AutoStitch is the only application in the App Store that gives the ability to stitch multiple rows of photos in any orientation in creating your panorama, meaning you don’t just get the normal one row, 360 degree view that Pano or the Panorama apps produce.

I was completely taking off guard when I found how utterly simple it was to use the application! Literally you “select & stitch” that all you do, no take one photo, stitch, take another photo, stitch, etc.

iPod touch and iPod nano Getting Camera?

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jul 6, 2009 a 6:10 am

Could the iPod touch and iPod nano also be getting in on the camera action? We've heard the rumor before but evidence continues to mount with Techcrunch claiming:

One of our sources in Asia say that Apple has placed an order for a massive number of camera modules of the type that they include in the iPhone. These are inexpensive cameras, in the $10 range. And the size of the order, our source says, means they can only be used for one thing - the iPods.

iPod touch and iPod nano to Get Cameras?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, May 15, 2009 a 11:44 am

We'd heard rumors about the iPod touch getting a camera already -- makes sense and would tie it even more closely to the iPhone OS. HardMac (via MacRumors) is now saying the iPod nano will as well.

Sounds plausible as it provides an easy way for Apple to both strengthen ties within their ecosystem and incrementally update both platforms in time for the holidays.