14 DAY TRIAL // Leaked iPad 2 FaceTime files from the iOS 4.3 beta SDK were successfully installed onto Apple’s original iPad which appears to be capable of handling the software, albeit without sending any imagery to the caller / recipient, due to the lack of a built-in camera.
9to5mac.com is reporting on the feat achieved by Italian blog iPadDevice noting that the software used in the demo video should be the iPad’s actual FaceTime app, since the files were snagged from the official Apple iOS SDK.
Devs snooping around the iOS SDK files and code strings have been able to confirm that iPad 2 will not only feature some photography-centric apps (including Apple’s own Photo Booth), but will also boast FaceTime functionality via a dedicated app akin to the one officially released by Apple for Mac OS X last year.
The iPad app, however, features an updated icon which looks precisely like the one showcased in the iPadDevice demonstration video.
The video in question shows a first-generation iPad (the only one available today) receiving and placing FaceTime calls over WiFi.
The image showing on the iPad’s screen is likely captured by the camera of an iPhone 4. For its part, the iPad can only answer the call, but cannot send any information to the iPhone (besides the fact that the call has been answered) since it lacks both a mic, and a camera.
The white-contoured square you see on the iPad’s screen as the call is in progress would show what the iPad would be able to see, should the tablet have a front-facing camera.
The evidence is clear as daylight that Apple’s iPad 2 will at least have a front-facing camera, supporting the FaceTime application, as well as other functions / apps.