Apple iPad webcam accessory spotted in the wild
You may never have heard of Photofast, but the company makes a lot of flash memory-related products. And now it’s starting to produce Apple hardware accessories, and has created a prototype camera for the iPad which will “launch later this year”.
The mock-up simply uses a Microsoft webcam connected to the dock port, but the final product will look quite different. It’s potentially to be used for video conferencing, but could also take snapshots.
Oh, and there’s a slight typo on the picture, as it’s a 2-megapixel camera, not 200-megapixel. For video, it will be limited to 640 x 480 on the iPad, and is said to work with instant messaging apps. Photofast told us that it’s quite a complex product to make for the Apple device, but the company is confident that it will be ready later this year.