That’s either a very symmetrically placed piece of dust… OR….

March 8, 2010 by Dr. Macenstein
Filed under: Rampant Speculation, Slow News Day, That's Weird..., design, iPad 

OMG THE iPAD HAS A CAMERA!

OK, I won’t say the iPad is going to ship with a camera, or even that that is what we are seeing here in Apple’s iPad ad, but as faithful Macenstein reader Mike points out, that does kinda sorta look like the spot a camera WOULD go, if the iPad DID have a camera.

So, did they use a prototype for the commercial? Or is it simply a well-placed, (beveled) piece of dust? Is it the guy who hangs himself in the background of the Wizard of OZ? Why are we looking frame by frame at a commercial?

I don’t know, but it seems to only appear on that 1 iPad in the ad (about 4 seconds in). Weird.

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13 Comments on That’s either a very symmetrically placed piece of dust… OR….

  1. Eric M. on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:35 pm

    2. Ambient light sensor, perhaps?

  2. the_0ne on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:51 pm

    3. The iPad with an embedded camera is only going to be given out to high school students. sheesh, don’t you read the news??? ;)

  3. Tony on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:57 pm

    4. Puts on tin foil hat… Amazon product description for the book pictured “Deeper Than The Dead” says it is set in 1984 and is about the “See No Evil Killer”. I Want To Believe.

  4. Dr. Macenstein on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 3:58 pm

    5. @the_0ne

    nice
    :)

    - The Doc

  5. Ruben on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:07 pm

    6. Could be the light sensor for adjusting the screen brightness. The iPhone has three such “spots” behind the display left to the speaker.

  6. Florian on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:38 pm

    7. Or it’s just the thingamajig that triggers the whoknowswhat resulting in major getaloadofthat!

  7. mangochutney on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 4:59 pm

    8. Ambient light sensor anyone?

  8. Patrick on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 5:35 pm

    9. It’s clearly the reality distortion field generator.

  9. Richard on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 8:42 pm

    10. I believe its the ‘HOME’ button, as the person is holding the unit upside down – cant see clearly because of playback controls

  10. Digital Mercenary on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 3:33 pm

    11. The blurred text under the spot actually says “sees all”

  11. ObamaPacman on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 5:36 pm

    12. Hum, can’t tell. It doesn’t help that the iPhone sensors are the same size as the iSight camera built into Macs.

    However if it’s just one dot then it might only be be sensor.

  12. matt on Tue, 9th Mar 2010 11:23 pm

    13. I agree. Its upside down.

  13. davewhipped goliath on Wed, 10th Mar 2010 12:39 pm

    14. No camera check out the tech specs at http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/

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