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iPod touch camera poll ends, Apple TV app poll begins
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
News Category: Site News
With over 3,000 votes from iLounge readers, our latest poll—Would an integrated camera make you buy a new iPod touch?—has ended. Readers were given a variety of positive options, including options for front-facing, rear-facing, and both rear-facing and front-facing cameras, as well as negative options for owners and non-owners of the iPod touch.
Nearly half of readers—48%—said an integrated camera wouldn’t entice them to buy an iPod touch. 30% said they didn’t own an iPod touch and wouldn’t buy one for an integrated camera, while 18% said they were current iPod touch owners and wouldn’t upgrade their unit for a camera or cameras. Among the positive responses, 19% of readers said both front and rear cameras would make them buy a new iPod touch, followed by 17% who would by but only if the camera is rear-facing and capable of both still photography and video recording, and 15% who would purchase for a front-facing, FaceTime-capable camera. One percent—26 people—said they would be enticed to purchase but only by a rear-facing, still-only camera, while zero percent, or only 12 people, said they would buy but only for a rear-facing, video-only camera. Thanks for all your votes!
Our new poll focuses on Apple TV and the App Store. We’d like to know if you’d buy an Apple TV if it runs App Store apps? Would you buy, but only if it includes 32GB or more of built-in storage, or maybe if it has a lower price point? Or would you only buy if it has both 32GB or more of storage and a lower price point, or would you not be swayed, whether you have an existing Apple TV or not? Our new poll, “Will you buy an Apple TV if it runs App Store apps?” lets you answer that question. You can find the iLounge Poll in the left-hand column of the main iLounge.com home page. Cast your vote today!
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Apps make the aTV less pointless… but it is still a pointless device. It is nothing more than a glorified iPod that comes bundled with a harder sell for the iTunes Store.
What’s needed is a media server device, one that can sychronize the content on multiple devices (desktops, laptops, iDevices, etc.) while playing it frustration-free on a home theater system. But more importantly, this device must also provide a front-end interface for Internet television, be it streaming (e.g. Hulu) or legally downloadable. Finally, this device must accomplish all of the above without the “overhead” of a full computer.
Mac users kludge this now with a computer (e.g. mid-2010 Mini) that (1) provides one-way synchronization of the iTunes and iPhoto library files/folders to all other household computers, and (2) runs an open-source interface, such Plex Media Center [I can’t provide a link here - you can find it via Google]. This is a good model for Apple to follow with the new aTV.
Posted by Farnsworth on August 10, 2010 at 10:20 AM (PDT)
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This time last year i was ready and waiting to up-grade from my first gen ipod touch to a new one with a camera on the back as leaks and rumours had suggested but last years ipod event was dissapointing to say the least, now im waiting for the 8gd iphone 3gs to come back into stock and no amount of cameras, gps, 3g sim slot, better screen or more memory will make me think twice about the ipod touch 4th gen
Posted by Andrew on August 10, 2010 at 10:52 AM (PDT)