According to AppleInsider, the second generation iPad tablet will likely have a camera, a feature shockingly missing from the first version.
Citing a document of Apple’s iPad management policies, the site says there will be an ability to disable the use of the camera. As we know, there is no camera on the current generation model.
Additionally, the site cites a recent job listing from Apple for a “Performance QA Engineer, iPad Media” wherein the description says “we are looking for a software quality engineer with a strong technical background to test still, video and audio capture and playback frameworks.”
Applicants can then “build on your QA experience and knowledge of digital camera technology (still and video) to develop and maintain testing frameworks for both capture and playback pipelines.”
The second generation model iPad will likely offer a front-facing camera with FaceTime video conferencing support.
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The Amazon Kindle, the most popular e-reader by market share will eventually have a color version, says CEO Jeff Bezos, but that day is not soon.
Speaking at the e-tailer’s shareholder meeting this week, Bezos says that while not impossible, adding color to the Kindle’s e-ink display is “a difficult technical challenge” and that the device is “still a long way out.”
Bezos adds that he has seen some prototypes “in the lab” but none of them are “ready for prime-time production.”
The e-reader market continues to get more and more crowded, especially with Apple’s introduction of the iPad tablet in April. The iPad has e-reading capabilities on a full color screen and a connection to the growing Apple iBookStore.
While Bezos refuses to disclose the amount of Kindle devices sold since launch, DisplaySearch reported last month that the number is somewhere in the 3.3 million unit range.
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The nation of Israel has ended its ban on the Apple iPad, with the Israel Communications Ministry saying that after a second technical review, the device will be re-allowed into the country.
The device was banned right after launch earlier this month with the CM saying that the device’s wireless strengths violated Israeli law and would overpower other wireless devices in the country.
10 of the devices were seized from citizens and tourists, with tourists only getting their devices back when they left the country.
Starting today, they are once again allowed in the country.
Apple, at the time of the ban, had said: “The iPad complies with international industry standards for Wi-Fi specifications.”
