Here are some last minute rumors for the new iPod touch that is expected to be announced in less than an hour at Apple’s special music event.
Rumor has it that Apple will be porting FaceTime, Apple’s video calling service to iPad and iPod Touch in the future. FaceTime was originally announced as an iPhone 4 feature, making use of the new front-facing camera. Apple is rumored to expand their video calling devices after the next generation device, which will presumably have the required front-facing camera like the iPhone 4.
After Apple’s announcement of FaceTime during the WWDC 2010 keynote, we knew it was only a matter of time before talk of Skype video chat would arise. Just two days later, an insider at Skype has announced that they “[will] welcome the opportunity to work with Apple” when it comes to bringing Skype video calling to the new iPhone 4 scheduled to release on June 24.
AT&T today announced that next month it will begin a nationwide rollout of its 3G MicroCell service that allows users to route their cellular phone calls around the house onto their broadband Internet connection as a solution for spotty cellular coverage.
Developers have just started to dig into the latest version of the iPhone SDK (3.2 Beta 4) that came out a few days ago, for hints of unannounced iPad features. Recently they found multi-touch gestures and back in the last version (Beta 3) developers found references to video chatting. Now it appears that these references have been removed from the latest beta of the SDK.
It appears that O2, a UK iPhone carrier, has posted a video calling option under their iPhone plan pricing. It’s unclear wether this is a mistake made by their web development team or wether this is a sign of what’s to come in the fourth generation iPhone and firmware 4.0.
