Details of how the new iPod Touch might make FaceTime calls work spilled out last week. Now some deep diving into iOS 4.1 beta code has revealed more details on how the new iPod touch could handle video calls, including support for multiple email addresses and the ability to create your own caller ID. Do these references in the code really reveal more about the new iPod touch and the future of FaceTime?
9to5Mac went rifling through the iOS 4.1 beta and found code detailing the ability to associate multiple email addresses to your Apple ID. That would mean although the Apple ID would be the main way of contacting you for iPod touch FaceTime calls, folk could find you using your alternative email addresses.
The investigation also seems to show that you’ll be able to create your own customised called ID in the new iPod touch FaceTime settings. It also appears to show that you’ll be able to create an Apple ID straight from the iPod touch settings if you haven’t already created one.
So far, the code rifling hasn’t thrown up any clues to indicate that the new model will include a microphone along with an iPod touch camera. We’re hoping it will so you don’t need to plug in your headphones to make FaceTime calls. However, Apple might shy away from that to avoid new iPod touch sales cannibalising interest in iPhone 4.
Let us know: are you desperately hoping Apple adds FaceTime to the new iPod touch? What other features should it include in the next generation?
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