The next iPod nano is going to have a camera if these new spyshots are real

Here’s more evidence that Apple was (is?) indeed prototyping an iPod nano with a camera on the back and the accompanying hole on the clip. Leaked by the Japanese blog Apple.pro which leaked a similar set of images back in April of last year, the new shots further indicate that Apple could be working (or at least was researching at some point), a next-generation iPod nano with an alleged 1.3-megapixel camera on its back, while still keeping the current model’s size and display.
The hole on the clip itself looks like it could house camera lens. Such a solution would theoretically separate the camera hardware and electronics inside the diminutive main casing from the optics and sensor hardware integrated on the clip. The clip hole looks awfully similar to an Apple patent filing published in May 2011, with one of the drawings depicting a belt clip with a hole in the exactly same place as on these spyshots. Two more shots after the break.

The publication also points to an Apple patent filing from November of last year describing the integrated sound system on the iPod nano, basically a small piezoelectric speaker integrated into a clip and similar to the iPod nano’s existing clip. Another possible use of the speaker: Voice-activated Siri control, though that would require a network connection that the miniature music player lacks. On the other hand, Bluetooth 4.0 functionality would let the iPod nano become an extension of Siri on your iPhone 4S. Plus, low-powered Bluetooth 4.0 module would enable other uber-cool features. Note that the Apple.pro blog has been relatively accurate in the past, leaking legitimate images of Verizon iPhone 4 schematics from Foxconn, the mini touch-screen found in the current iPod nano, accurate iPad 2 details, and more.