Yesterday at Apple’s Media Event, a lot of the rumors out were pretty accurate. The single most prevalent rumor happened to NOT come true though. That rumor was that the iPod Touch would come out with a camera on the back just like the iPhone. David Pogue interviewed Steve Jobs and asked him why they omitted a camera from the refresh. This is what he had to say.

Mr. Jobs reiterated what Phil Schiller, the marketing vice president, had said earlier in the onstage presentation: that Apple is really pitching the iPod Touch as a game machine these days. And to do that, you have to make it as inexpensive as possible.

He had to continue explaining that the iPod Touch was on the market as a gaming machine more than anything else. Not adding a new feature like a camera was a way to bump the price down of the hardware for people to purchase. As the interview went on, there was a series of questions about delays in products due to Steve Jobs’ absence.

“There are some things that I’m focusing a lot of attention on right now — to polish,” he said. “No, I don’t think we’re going to miss a beat. We have some really good stuff coming up.”

At the end of the interview, Steve Jobs reported that he “feels great” and acknowledged that he needs to gain some weight and he’d been trying to do so by eating a lot of ice cream to accomplish that!

A lot of this was taken from http://www.macrumors.com/2009/09/10/steve-jobs-on-ipod-touch-future-products-and-ice-cream/

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Comment by franklin on September 12, 2009 at 8:51am: They did not add it to the itouch because most people would not buy the iphone, just the touch.

I think they added it to the nano because they wanted the wow factor. World's thinest video camera that plays music, videos, games...And they wanted to copete with the flip videos.

Comment by TechJohnson on September 10, 2009 at 12:03pm: Jeremy Newton: The camera on the Nano isn't like a Photo Camera. I believe it only takes videos from what I have heard. I could be completely wrong. Who knows. I could see why they are keeping it apart from the iPhone to the iPod Touch.

David Crandall: Most apps don't use the camera, but it would be pretty sweet if they did. But, if they are apps that use it, I would buy the iPhone. I think for the iPod Touch is that they should have put in a mic so that you can use some apps you can get from Smule and what not. Buying a mic is pointless for the Touch, but hey, that's Steve Jobs for you. He must have a reason behind it all that we just don't know yet.

Comment by Jeremy Newton on September 10, 2009 at 11:19am: Personally I think they are keeping a gap between the touch and the iphone on purpose. Camera on my nano? What for? My nano is a music player and nothing more. It would be much more useful on a multi use piece of equipment like the touch. I was really pushing for the camera. Oh well.

Comment by David Crandall on September 10, 2009 at 10:57am: Interesting...I don't have an iPhone or an iPod Touch...but wouldn't you think a lot of simple games/apps out there require a cam?

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