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Manufacturers bet wrong on new iPod Touch Case

September 6, 2009 by HWT Staff

There’s still talk swirling around the decision by Apple to leave out a camera from their newest iPod Touch.  Seems like case manufacturers bet on the camera being made available, and went ahead and mass produced cases that anticipated the new design; however the camera was not to be.  That didn’t stop the enterprising case makers, and oddly, some of these cases are now finding themselves in retail stores.  Yes, you read that right: cases are making their way into the retail world, cases that are sporting access holes for a camera that is not to be.
It is not often that Apple shares pre-release design information with case manufacturers, so these guys have to find another way to get such information to enable them to gear up production prior to launch, and have cases available and ready to be sold on launch day.  Unfortunately, in this case, the bet didn’t quite pay off, and though the cases will work with the camera-less iPod Touch, it is odd to have a port hole where it is not needed.

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