According to fresh reports from the sources concerned with the Apple, the company is in the advance testing stage of soon offering iPads that will include a front-facing camera and support for FaceTime.
A version of the tablet device with a built-in video camera and support for the new FaceTime video conferencing standard has already progressed to the advanced testing stages, according to a person with proven knowledge of Apple’s future product plans.
The company is planning on releasing the device as early as the 1st quarter of 2011, a more aggressive schedule than the yearly update schedule for other iOS devices, and there are some executives in Cupertino who want to release the new version in time for the Holiday shopping season this year.
It’s also supposed that Apple may striving to embed FaceTime within its entire mobile arsenal before making good on a promissory to open up the standard to the rest of the world, thereby extenuating the market opportunity for rival tablet devices that could incorporate the technology.
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