More iPod Touch 3,1 evidence compiled by Pinch Media

Tue, 07/07/2009 - 5:02pm — Seth Weintraub

Pinch Media tracks apps usage by iPods and iPhones. In their data, they collect the model number of the iPod/iPhone being used and have been seeing more and more iPod touch 3,1's running around. This is what they had to say on the matter:

the first time an application using Pinch Analytics was run by a ‘iPod3,1′ device occurred in late April 2009;
applications using Pinch Analytics were run by ‘iPod 3,1′ devices very infrequently until late May 2009, when the pace picked up slightly;
As of this date, a few dozen distinct ‘iPod 3,1′ devices have run around two dozen different applications using Pinch Analytics;
The applications being run on ‘iPod 3,1′ devices have all been the larger, more popular applications using Pinch Analytics, with hundreds of thousands to millions of unique users– other than their size, the applications have little else in common.

Our biggest question at this point is on the quality of the camera. Will it be as good as the current iPhone 3GS, or will it be a better, 5 megapixel CMOS sensor with a nice lens? The placement of the camera to the center of the device would indicate that it is a different animal.

Via TUAW

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Comments

Ok... I'm probably getting

Tue, 07/07/2009 - 5:45pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Ok... I'm probably getting the 3GS in a couple of days but these news are making me want to wait 'till September.
To me, it doesn't make sense to put a better camera on the iPod touch. I know they're trying to differentiate the two (iPhone and touch) but giving the "touch" some technical features superior to those of the iPhone is not the way. This probably sounds arrogant but, c'mon, the iPhone is supposed to be the superior product...
Apple is seriously making me want to go back to my first choice: 3G phone from a random brand + iPod touch.

I prefer the ipod touch

Tue, 07/07/2009 - 6:33pm — 9to5Mac Regular (not verified)

I prefer the ipod touch anyways where I live the iPhone has no native carrier and I don't like to crack my apple hardware
I hope the next iPT has a camera that is the feature I have missed the most with out the iPhone
If you don't want to have to deal with AT&T or live in a place with out support for the iPhone you should defiantly go with the iPT + different cell, though the keyboard is really nice on the iPT and I wish I could just use it for texting
the real solution is for Apple to dump AT&T and just make it available for a higher price ... I hate AT&T

Why would Apple put a better

Tue, 07/07/2009 - 7:46pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Why would Apple put a better camera on an inferior product?

An "inferior" product? You

Tue, 07/07/2009 - 11:20pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

An "inferior" product? You mean a different product. If it was inferior the iPod touch (2,1) wouldn't have had things like Nike+before the iPhone and especially a faster processor than the iPhone 3G.

Regarding the numbers, I

Tue, 07/07/2009 - 11:53pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Regarding the numbers, I think I'm right in saying that the current iPod is 2,1. But if the next one is 3,1, doesn't that mean that it's getting a processor bump, potentially equalling or surpassing the 3GS?

With the camera, I think it'd be very disappointing if it wasn't a video camera. But if it's a video camera, that brings the feature set of the touch very close to the iPhone, and I think Apple are trying to keep them distinct.