Wondering why Apple chose to add a camera to the iPod nano, but not the revised iPod touch? You’re not alone, but one Mr. Steven P. Jobs has an answer for you: it’s because the touch is a game machine, you see. Seriously — that’s what El Steve told the inimitable David Pogue today after the Rock and Roll event. According to Steve, Apple wasn’t “exactly sure how to market the touch” at first, but once they listened to their customers and started to focus on gaming, “it just took off.” That certainly explains the “funnest

Finally a product that integrates an MP3 player with a Flip-style digital video camera! Of course, we’re talking about Medion’s S47000 Digital HD Sports Camera, which counts among its many charms: h.264 video recording, 2x digital zoom, a whopping 1MP still camera, HDMI out, and 90MB storage (though there is an SD card slot, for what it’s worth). Tempted? Didn’t think so. As for us, we’re not shelling out £100 ($165) on anything without a pedometer. [Via Oh Gizmo]

There’s no denying that Apple let the entire world (yes, even the native Easter Islanders) down by not shoving a camera of some sort into its iPod touch, but if a delicate teardown completed by the screwdriver-wielding fiends over at iFixit is any indication, a seasoned modder could certainly add one. A 6- x 6- x 3-millimeter space was spotted between a Broadcom chip and the wireless antenna, which is reportedly not enough room for an iPhone-esque sensor, but just enough space for the video camera module found in the 5G iPod nano. In potentially more interesting news, the

Remember we told you that Nikon’s Coolpix S1000pj was the “the first that we know of in a consumer camera”. We were wrong. Way back in 1959 you could buy the Zoom Cine-Twin, a honking great 8mm film camera which ran on D-cell batteries which was billed as the “World’s first movie camer and projector combination”. Not only was it big, it was expensive. According to Retro Thing, the camera was sold in jewellery stores instead of camera stores. There were more innovations too, especially in the later zoom model (pictured). The zoom lens had a

Remember the odd rumor from yesterday regarding a new Nikon pocket camera with a built-in projector? It turns out that it was spot on. Today Nikon has announced the S1000pj, and along with a nice, big 2.7” screen, a 12.1 megapixel sensor, there’s a VGA projector inside. The camera looks to be a solid picture-taker, with a top ISO setting of 6400 (at three megapixels), a 5x zoom and both optical and electronic image stabilization, but the projector is the real story here, the first that we know of in a consumer camera. It’ll throw images of up to 40-inches onto a wall up

Put your Sony camera onto the Party Shot and it will, Sony says, “act as your personal photographer.” The little mount is controlled by the camera and will tilt and zoom, seeking out any people in the room using the face detection in the camera. Once it has locked on to its target, a deadly laser shoots out and, wait, no. Once on target it waits until it sees a big grin before tripping the shutter. It only works with the Cybershots TX1 and WX1, two otherwise humdrum but capable cameras announced yesterday by Sony. This is a rather nice idea. Usually, party photos suck.

Nikon has announced a world’s first for the camera world – a compact coupled with a built-in projector. The Coolpix S1000pj is a move that’s certain to shake up both the projector and camera market, Nikon believes that the camera can project images up to 40 inches in size (and as low as 5 inches) and there’s also a remote control in the package, so you can set up your own image slideshow on the go. Autumn release The camera itself holds a 12MP sensor, 5x optical zoom and a 2.7-inch TFT LCD. ISO levels can be cranked up to 3200 at full res. As

Kodak has refreshed its line-up of EasyShare snappers this week, adding three new compacts to the range in the shape of the 12MP Z950, M381 and M341. The EasyShare Z950 (£200) and M381 (£129) both feature a sizeable 3-inch LCD screen and the M341 (£120) comes with a 2.7-inch monitor. The Z950 is described by Kodak as "a compact digital capture powerhouse, with outstanding image quality and ease of use at an affordable price," and also includes a 10x ‘image stabilised’ Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon lens. The Z950 and M381 are due to arrive in September

Panasonic today announced four new digital cameras, the 18x superzoom FZ38, the ultra-compact FP8, the 5x compact FX60 and the compact 8x superzoom ZX1. Most interesting is probably the new DMC-ZX1, a travel superzoom measuring just 26mm deep and weighing 160g but packing an 8x zoom with an ultra-wide 25mm wideangle setting. The ZX1 manages this by using two world’s firsts: a 0.3mm super-thin aspherical lens and a 0.3mm spherical lens – fruit of Panasonic’s collaboration with glass-meisters Leica. Bright eyes In other zoom news, the DMC-FZ38

Those rumours of the iPod touch have taken a turn towards reality after photos of the new devices, complete with cases to protect their new snapper, were leaked. Photos from CultofMac.com show both the iPod touch and the iPod nano picking up the snapper, with the sensor bizarrely placed in the centre for the touch (where it’s on the left for the iPhone). We reported recently about Apple buying up gazillions of these sensors, around the levels expected for the iPod ranges mentioned. Camera never lies But now we’ve got the pictures to prove it, and