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December 18, 2006

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The iSight is dead…long live the iSight?

Posted Dec. 18, ’06, 9:26 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Video

RIP iSightOur own Pat Nakajima was recently informed by a gregarious Apple employee that the iSight has ceased to see the light of day. Pushing up the iDaisies, if you will. We noted back in August that availability of the external iSight had slipped to October, and now the camera has disappeared entirely from the online Apple Store (you can, however, still buy an iSight accessory kit, should the desire strike you like a thunderbolt from on high).

With iSights built in to iMacs, MacBooks, and MacBook Pros and the video features of iChat it’s impossible to argue that video is not a major plank of Apple’s plan. Mac Pro and Mac mini users have been left out in the cold so far, but it seems likely that we’ll be seeing some sort of iSight revision in January. One persistent rumor has been the integration of iSights into Apple’s Cinema Display line. Frankly, I would be surprised if there wasn’t some sort of stand-alone model. Hopefully it will clock in a little cheaper than the original iSight. And have some sort of feature that makes me look like George Clooney (fingers crossed!).

And, of course, there have been the ongoing rumors that the Stevedialer 3000 would have some sort of video conferencing features. But you all know how I feel about the old rumor mill when it comes to that.

[hat tip to reader Richard C.; Digg]


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