Everyone is disappointed that the iPad doesn’t have a camera for video-conferencing, but the reason why it’s not there might in fact be pretty simple.

When the iPad was introduced, the Apple team was proud to show that there is no specific way to hold it. It can be upside-down, portrait, landscape, it doesn’t matter. Also, the large frame around the screen is made so that you can hold it without touching the screen. But you would then put your fingers over the camera…

Considering this, where do you put the camera? Last year, AppleInsider reported that Apple filed a patent for a camera hidden behind a screen, maybe this is the answer, and Apple is still working on a way to do it.