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Student Makes iPod Explode During Class

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A high school student had her iPod explode on her desk yesterday and luckily not a single student was injured. This is not the first time we’ve heard of exploding iPods or iPhones but this particular case seems to be a little different so don’t be so quick to blame Apple. Gizmodo points out that [...]

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Crazy Earphones from Japan. Would Your iPhone be Caught Wearing Them?

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Japan’s Solid Alliance decided that the bar for “crazy earphones” just hadn’t been raised high enough and so they’ve released these adorable/idiotic plastic embellishments which make you look like you have various implements coming out of your ears. For those who may not have already seen the first set of earphones they consisted of: [...]

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iPod touch Camera Rumors Return

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Like horrible holiday movie sequels, iPod touch camera rumors just keep getting spit out the mill with the same tired old plots and ever weaker impact. This time, the Examiner claims an “inside source” who claims that the iPod touch with camera was delayed last year from quality assurance reasons, but will return this spring [...]

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

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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 [...]

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Third Gen iPod touch Chip Supports 802.11n Wi-Fi, Has Space for nano-style Camera

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We’d heard rumors that the iPhone 3GS would be getting fast 802.11n Wi-Fi to go along with that S for Speed, but that never panned out — except for the new third generation iPod touch.

iFixit has been doing their prerequisite tear-down of the brand new device, and MacRumors says:

One of the more intriguing [...]

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Rumor: iPod touch Camera Axed Last Month, May Make Surprise Return?

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Did Apple plan to add a camera to the third generation iPod touch — just like the iPhone 3GS and iPod nano — but pull it roughly a month ago due to technical difficulties? We heard that rumor last week, after months of previous rumors and leaks that made the camera seem all but a [...]

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iPod nano, Has Video Camera and FM Tuner, Will Travel!

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So, as part of the It’s only rock and roll, but we like it special music event, Apple pretty much gave the one big feature everyone wanted for the third generation iPod touch… to the nano instead.

Camera and mic for video (with nifty iChat style special effects!) VGA 640×480 recording, H.264 Sync photos and video to PC [...]

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Third Gen iPod touch – More Power, More Storage, Still NO Camera(?!)

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Apple just announced the new, third generation iPod touch during their It’s only rock and roll, but we like it special music event. The big news?

Looks like the $199/$299/$399 price point for 8GB/32GB/64GB was spot on, and along with the OS 3.1 update, similar to what the iPhone is getting (including Genius Mixes, Genius App [...]

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Rumor Expounded: More on Potential iPod touch Camera Delay

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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 [via MacRumors] 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 [...]

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Rumor: iPod Cameras Delayed

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Could the long-rumored cameras being added to the iPod touch, iPod nano, and even iPod classic have hit a snag, leading to a delay that might affect Apple’s “It’s only rock and roll but we like it” special music event planned for Wednesday?

AppleInsider, citing a “person with a strong track record in predicting Apple’s upcoming [...]

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