iPod 1st Gen. Still looking cool 😎

#ipod1stgen #ipod #apple #2000s #retro #japan

昨日、10月23日でiPodが発表されて23年経ちます！
おめでとうiPod🥳
#iPod1stgen #iPod #おめでとうiPod

普段持ち歩いているメインのiPod、電池持ちが悪くなってきたのでバッテリー交換🔋
以前より膨らんでいるようで、劣化が進んでいた模様
交換用バッテリーは他のiPodから拝借🙏
駆動時間延びるとイイな〜
#iPod1stgen #iPod #battery

初代iPodの好きなところ
・立体的なフロントパネル
正面から上部まで繋がっている(nano 第3世代や初代touchも似た形状)
また白色なのもGOOD
・回転するスクロールホイール
時計や時間、自転や公転、地球の裏側など、より大きなものとの繋がりを感じられるので好き
#iPod1stgen #初代iPod #iPod

WWDC24のオープニングにiPodが！
最高ですAppleさん🍎
#WWDC #WWDC24 #iPod #iPod1stgen #Apple

C418 - zweitonegoismusを買いました
様々な心地イイ響きを聴けて幸せ😌🙏
#C418 #zweitonegoismus #bandcamp #iPod1stgen

2月22日午後2時22分22秒でスーパー猫の日🐈🐈🐈
#222 #猫の日 #iPod #iPod1stgen

iPod, Therefore I Am: Looking back at an original iPod Prototype

Have you ever wondered what consumer electronics look like when they're in the ugly prototype stages? So have we. And thanks to [Cabel] of at Panic.com, we have a rare glimpse at a prototype first generation Apple iPod.

In the days before you could just stream your favorite music directly from your phone and into your Bluetooth speaker, pods, or car, there was the Sony Walkman and various portable tape players. Then there were portable CD players. As MP3's became a popular format, CD players that could play MP3's on home made CD's were popular. Some portable digital media players came to market in the mid 1990's. But in October of 2001, the scene changed forever when Apple unveiled the first generation iPod.

Of course, the iPod didn't start out being so svelte, shiny, and downright cool. This engineering prototype has been hiding in [Cabel]'s closet for almost 20 years and they've just now decided to share with us its hilariously oversized case, JTAG port, and square pushbuttons that look like they came from a local electronics supply house. As [Cabel] brings out in the excellent writeup, the hardware itself is very close to production level, and the date on the prototype is very near the actual product launch.

Of course prototyping is an essential part of building any product, production or otherwise. Having a gander at such pre-production devices like this, or these off-ear speaker prototype for Valve's VR headset reminds us just how important even the ugliest prototypes can be.

Have you got any pre-production nuggets to share with the world? Be sure to let us know by dropping a note in the Tip Line, and thanks to [jp] who sent this one in!

#ipodhacks #1stgenipod #apple #applecomputer #ipod1stgen #ipodprototype #prototype