Exclusive Deal While supplies last, save 40% off over 40 iPhone 5 and iPhone 4/4S cases and chargers as well as Samsung S III cases at Kensington.com. Use coupon code 'SAVE40%' at checkout to receive this exclusive discount.      
toggle

AAPL Stock: 445.15 ( + 3.01 )

http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/09/12/story.of.ipod.nano/

TIME offers "The Nano story", interviews Jobs, Ive

updated 10:45 am EDT, Mon September 12, 2005

 

Story of iPod nano


A report in TIME describes the tale of how the iPod nano came to fruition--from its first roots to its debut at . Jonathan Ive, head of Apple's industrial-design department points out all of the things that nobody will ever notice, but that he sacrificed months of his life to achieve certain iPod nano design elements, such as the laser etching of the logo on the back and the click wheel surface being slightly rougher than the rest of the front. Commenting on the challenges to make the Nano reality, Steve Jobs states that "this is probably one of the most aggressive volume ramps in the history of consumer electronics."


by MacNN Staff

Post tools:

TAGS :

 iPod

Related Articles

Recent Articles

toggle

Comments

  1. g4zilla

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jun 2000

    0
    09/12, 11:25am | report spam | Reply |

    Story here...

    to save everyone a click or two:

  1. g4zilla

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jun 2000

    0
    09/12, 11:25am | report spam | Reply |

    try again

    http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1103572,00.html

  1. apple4ever

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jan 2001

    0
    09/12, 12:46pm | report spam | Reply |

    Firewire

    Maybe they should have spent a little less time engineering the laser engraving and a little more time engineering firewire on the Nano!!!! This was a deal breaker for me. No FW- no sale.

  1. dona83

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jun 2005

    0
    09/12, 03:11pm | report spam | Reply |

    Wow

    You're the first one to complain of such thing. Why is it that geeks never understand the concept of good enough? :) I'd be more than willing to sacrifice FW speeds for something sleek and s***, but then again I'm just an average consumer. :P

  1. climacs

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Sep 2001

    0
    09/12, 03:40pm | report spam | Reply |

    i'll be buying one

    of those sick black nano's for xmas

    I already own a 20gb 4G iPod and didn't think I needed another one.

    Now, I do!!!!!

  1. brainiac_7

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jun 2005

    0
    09/12, 04:02pm | report spam | Reply |

    No FW?

    No Firewire? I won't be getting one then. I'll be getting two! :) One for me and one for the wife.

    I am, however, a little disappointed to hear about the loss of FW connectivity. It doesn't send a great message to the rest of the IEEE 1394 platform. I've been hoping to see it spread rather than contract. Oh well, I'm sure Apple knows what its doing.

  1. bobthenob

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jul 2004

    0
    09/12, 05:33pm | report spam | Reply |

    Is it just me...

    ... or is Time magazine Steve's favorite b*tch? :)

  1. GORDYmac

    Mac Elite

    Joined: Dec 1999

    0
    09/12, 05:37pm | report spam | Reply |

    I think everyone is...

    ...Steve's b****. Wait a moment...

    "What's that Steve? Did you need something?"

    Black Nano here...

  1. mikeschr

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Feb 2005

    0
    09/12, 06:00pm | report spam | Reply |

    No firewire sync

    A lot of people have been complaining about this, but there is an upside for some of us. When I plug my iPod into my PowerBook, I don't always want it to connect and sync, I sometimes just want to charge it. With the nano, I can have it both ways, depending on which way I connect. But I don't think that offsets the inconvenience for those who don't have USB 2.

  1. csimmons

    Fresh-Faced Recruit

    Joined: Jun 2004

    0
    09/13, 03:46am | report spam | Reply |

    RE: No FW?

    brainiac 7,

    FW is so well established in consumer electronics that I don't think it really matters if the nano has it or not. The vast majority of digital video cameras have FW ports (also called iLink), and there are without a doubt more DV cameras than iPods on the market.

Login Here

Not a member of the MacNN forums? Register now for free.

 
close
Photo
toggle

Network Headlines

toggle

Most Popular

MacNN Sponsor

Recent Reviews

MaxUpgrades MaxConnect for 2006-2008 Mac Pro

Nobody outside of Cupertino's privileged bunch knows the future of the Mac Pro line for sure. Despite Apple's reluctance to tell us wh ...

Brother HL-3170CDW LED Printer

We've mentioned before that we are far from a paperless society. For now, at least, there are tasks that require a piece of paper for ...

HTC One

It is hard to overstate just how critically important the HTC One is to the Taiwanese company’s fortunes. Despite its alarming decline ...

toggle

Most Commented

 

Popular News