Brief bullets of what's happening with the announcement of Apple's new digital device gathered from a variety of sources:
- Jobs reviews Apple's "digital hub" concept announced in January. Speaks of the Mac as the focal point of one's digital lifestyle.
- Jobs mentions early November as ship time for iDVD2
- (from macminute): Apple introduces iPod, a digital audio player (MP3, MP2, more) with a 5GB hard drive (1000 songs). 20 minute skip protection. FireWire-equipped, first such music player. 10 hour battery, lithium-polymar ("most advanced battery; more advanced than laptop batteries"), takes 1 hour to charge. Size of a deck of cards: 2.4" wide, 4" tall, 3/4" thick.
- (from macminute): Backlit LCD display, playlist support, ID3 tag support, very fast and easy to go through list of songs and playlist with a scroll wheel. Interfaces with iTunes.
- iTunes 2 coming in November
- iPod will ship November 10
- iPod price = $399 (see it at the Apple Store)
Article Link: Apple's New Thing (iPod)