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Apple rumored to have sourced dual cameras for 2nd-gen iPad

By | October 29, 2010, 7:00am PDT

A new research note from research firm Detweiler Fenton (via Barron’s) claims that OmniVision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI) has won the contract to supply image sensors for both a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera and front-facing VGA camera for the second-generation iPad. The report goes on to say that the next-gen iPad will debut in the first quarter of 2011, but relatively late in the quarter.

The research firm contends the new iPad will ship with two cameras, a 5 MP camera and a VGA camera, and likely will support Apple’s FaceTime video chat software. Detweiler says their early read is that Apple will build 2.5 million units of the next iPad in calendar Q1, providing an incremental 5 million units of demand from Apple for OVTI, which also supplies sensors for the iPhone.

We knew that this was coming eventually, and now that a supplier has be identified dual cameras seem to be a sure thing for inclusion on iPad 2.0. What I found most interesting was that the timeline has been extended to “late” Q3, which means that we most likely won’t see it in January as had been rumored by some.

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Jason D. O'Grady

Jason D. O'Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa, and this affinity turned into a bona-fide obsession when he got the original 128 KB Macintosh in 1984.

He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O'Grady's PowerPage) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. He also co-founded the first dedicated PowerBook User Group (PPUG) in the United States.

After winning a major legal battle with Apple in 2006, he set the precedent that independent journalists are entitled to the same protections under the First Amendment as members of the mainstream media.

O'Grady is the author of The Nexus One Pocket Guide, The Droid Pocket Guide, The Google Phone Pocket Guide, and The Garmin nuvi Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press), the author of Corporations That Changed the World: Apple Inc. (Greenwood Press), and a contributor to The Mac Bible (Peachpit Press). In addition, he has contributed to numerous Mac publications over the years, including MacWEEK, Macworld, and MacPower (Japan).

When he's not writing about Apple for ZDNet at The Apple Core, he enjoys spending time with his family in New Jersey.

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dheady@... 29th Oct 2010
Seeing it in January and not shipping till late in Q1 are not mutually exclusive ideas.
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RE: Apple rumored to have sourced dual cameras for 2nd-gen iPad
Gis Bun 29th Oct 2010
I can see it now - people holding an iPad to take pictures [or video]. It's easier to hold an iuPhone or any other phone but a 10" thing gets a bit clumsy. Add $100 to the price tag. happy
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The only thing I see as a practical use for two cameras on an iPad is Facetime. Share your look and share what you're looking at.
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RE: Apple rumored to have sourced dual cameras for 2nd-gen iPad
blackjack861@... 1st Nov 2010
What happened to the rumor, about a 7 inch ipad? Or will the second gen. ipad, be 7 inch with the cameras.
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iPuke. Apple makes me sick.
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RE: Apple rumored to have sourced dual cameras for 2nd-gen iPad
sco@... 8th Nov 2010
It would make more sense to have a swivel-camera, so that you only need one decent 5MP+ camera, and so that you don't need to hold the iPad vertically.
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