I’ll never forget Steve’s presentation. “Five gigabytes of music. In your pocket”. Then he went through the motions of putting the device in his pocket. Did the whole spiel a couple of times trying to connect the technology and the experience.
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Happy 17th Birthday to Apple's Original iPod
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I miss the iPod days. Apple makes a lot more gadgets now that do more, but the pure* focus of a music/ipod player is something we may never see again. I actually use an old iPhone with all apps buy music and podcasts removed/hidden to replicate the venerable iPod.
*except for photos
*except for photos
This thread inspired me to grab mine off the shelf and see if it still works. Yep.
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I remember when it was introduced but I didn’t own a Mac at the time. I was a loyal Windows XP user (user since 3.1) and had a gaming rig with a Radeon 9700 Pro.
My first iPod was the excellent OG 4th click wheel 20GB without color and photo. I still have it but the battery has been dead for a long time. It’s too bulky to use today.
My first iPod was the excellent OG 4th click wheel 20GB without color and photo. I still have it but the battery has been dead for a long time. It’s too bulky to use today.
For a laugh, it’s always fun to take a look at the infamous Thread 500: https://www.macrumors.com/2001/10/23/apples-new-thing-ipod/
You can buy firewire 400 cables on eBay for $6-$10, worth it. Or buy firewire 400 to 800 cable and start using your iPod. I got iPod 2nd gen 10GB and OS Mojave still supports it.
Here's the original iPod landing page...
https://web.archive.org/web/20011024015856/https://www.apple.com/ipod
I didn't manage to jump on the iPod bandwagon until picking up a refurb iPod Nano 2gb in 2008...! Still have it - my son uses it in a dock on his CD player.
https://web.archive.org/web/20011024015856/https://www.apple.com/ipod
I didn't manage to jump on the iPod bandwagon until picking up a refurb iPod Nano 2gb in 2008...! Still have it - my son uses it in a dock on his CD player.
They are also still using the A8 in the iPad Mini 4 (which might finally see a replacement as early as next week) the HomePod (I can't see them updating the HomePod before 2020, but who knows for sure) and the Apple TV 4 (could be retired soon since the Apple TV 4K has been out for a while and isn't much more expensive). Either way the A8 is probably the cheapest A series chip that is still being manufactured so Apple is probably in no rush as long as it remains "good enough".
Yeah I was assuming the iPad mini was either going to be discontinued or upgraded next week, which was what made me think about the iPT and home pod, it would make sense each could be upgraded allowing Apple to shut down that production line in favour of the A10 or A11 which are already being used for an iPhone each and iPad (A10) Didn't realise about the ATV4 - I forgot it wasn't fully replaced by the A10 touting 4k, but presumably that also falls into the same category...
Yes! Thread 500 is also great for those who love to prophesy how every new Apple product is doomed before it reaches market.
Incredible what this product that so manny shrugged off did for the industry.
Incredible what this product that so manny shrugged off did for the industry.
Not according to Fortune.com
That balance sheet is a potent strategic weapon: It allows Cook to lock in suppliers and club competitors. In 2005, Apple introduced a new iPod, the Nano, a music player that was revolutionary because it used far more flash memory than existing products on the market. Cook’s team accurately predicted tremendous demand for the Nano, and prepaid $1.25 billion to suppliers like Samsung and Hynix to effectively corner the market through 2010 on a specific kind of memory. “That’s the sort of thing they wouldn’t have thought of in the days before Tim Cook,” says Kevin O’Marah, chief strategist at the Boston consulting firm AMR Research, which specializes in supply-chain analysis. The memory purchase also shows that Apple’s operations strategy isn’t only about cost cutting. “Way too much of the supply-chain world has been about taking the last cent out,” says Blake Johnson, a consulting assistant professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University, who has deep contacts in Apple’s operations group. “Apple doesn’t do that.”
Not saying Jon didn't have a role in the iPod, but Tim Cook was leading the team.
Tim Cook is the supply chain genius. My guess is his role was active in this as it has been for 20 years at Apple.
I grew up lower middle class so I never had an iPod. In college I bought a ROKR E1, which was the "iTunes Phone" that Steve Jobs demoed on stage. It was awful and slow. It was around that time in 2005 that I started lurking on MacRumors, and I saved up for two years to buy the original iPhone on June 29, 2007. I created my account two days earlier to post a leak that I got from a friend who worked at Apple of how many units would be in the Apple Store for launch. Not long after I started doing freelance design work in college at $50/hour (not bad for a college kid) for local businesses so I just kept buying Apple stuff and haven't stopped since. However I do have an old iPod, I think second gen, that was my wife's.
I thought the first iPod was a little chunky; but I loved my 3G one.
The click wheel had (and still would have, in my opinion) some definite advantages over other, more linear interfaces.
The click wheel had (and still would have, in my opinion) some definite advantages over other, more linear interfaces.
You guys missed the other important device in the commercial. The iBook!
I fired mine up the other day and was amazed how well it played games. Had Bungie games like Marathon, Myth II and Oni. Also Pangea games like Otto. I wish the Bungie games were ported to iOS like Pangea did.
I fired mine up the other day and was amazed how well it played games. Had Bungie games like Marathon, Myth II and Oni. Also Pangea games like Otto. I wish the Bungie games were ported to iOS like Pangea did.
I picked one up—brand new in box—on eBay a few years ago. The price was $90, which was a steal. I thought I’d keep it to sell but temptation won and I use it at my desk. It works perfectly. A wonderful device.
I still have the original V1. Still working. I don't use it at all but kept for memories sake. Revolutionary product.
Actually better to swap the drive for Flash Storage. There are people and kits on eBay that specialize in this.
One of the biggest reasons the iPod Classic was finally discontinued was that Toshiba, the only source for that Hard Drive, decided to stop making them.
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Classic iPod was the 5G. Candy bar form factor, click wheel, radio, takes videos, and bigger screen.
Then they went to a touch screen!!!!!
And threw out the click wheel controls!!!
Typical Apple...reaches design peak....and then offers inferior design. Anyone who disagrees or protests is tarred and feathered by the "anything new is better" crowd.
Then they went to a touch screen!!!!!
And threw out the click wheel controls!!!Typical Apple...reaches design peak....and then offers inferior design. Anyone who disagrees or protests is tarred and feathered by the "anything new is better" crowd.
Um, You can store songs on your iPhone just like your iPod, synced with iTunes, just like your iPod. That's what the "Library" Heading in "Music" is all about.
What am I missing?
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It was the last 32-bit iPod Touch. That's why no more updates, sorry!
I thought you meant originally from 2001 not from 2005, i don't think he ever lead the team though
From Gen 2 forward they supported USB, too (for the Windows market). If it is truly a Gen 1, then you will have to get an Apple TB2 -> FW adapter to use it.