Ipod History
Apple Computers Inc. is an American corporation that designs and constructs computer hardware, software and other consumer electronics. The company was established in April 1st, 1976, created by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne (Andrea Major). The company is best recognized for their Macintosh personal computer line, Mac OS X, iTunes media application, and especially the iPod personal MP3 player. The IPod started off as a simple device that held approximately 1000 songs. Throughout the years, the IPod has completely upgraded and has literally revolutionized the world. Many changes have come about the iPod in the timespan of about 12 years. The most high tech and popular IPod is the IPod touch. Throughout this paper, I will discuss a brief history of how the IPod was developed and designed. In addition, I will like to give out my personal opinion about the IPod touch of how, why, when I use it.
In 2001, Apple Computers introduced a unique portable music player, known as the IPod (Kahney Illustrated). Before the IPod was sold into market, many portable music players were useless and had horrible design. Low batteries, storage, and transfer of music were a huge problem for most MP3 players before the release of Apple’s new innovation (Edward Birth). Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., ceased this opportunity to construct an MP3 player with improved technological features. Instead of using flash memory like all other music players, Apple decided to use a miniature hard disk for storage. Thanks to Toshiba’s prototype hard drive; Apple was able to find the key for the first IPod (Kahney Illustrated). The company wanted to focus on promoting the small size, power, and ease of use of its device (Lloyd iLounge). The name of the device, IPod, came from a freelance copywriter, Vinnie Chieco, who thought about a movie, The Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick (Edwards Birth). Apple revealed their first generation IPod to the market in a 5GB model, which can
In 2001, Apple Computers introduced a unique portable music player, known as the IPod (Kahney Illustrated). Before the IPod was sold into market, many portable music players were useless and had horrible design. Low batteries, storage, and transfer of music were a huge problem for most MP3 players before the release of Apple’s new innovation (Edward Birth). Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., ceased this opportunity to construct an MP3 player with improved technological features. Instead of using flash memory like all other music players, Apple decided to use a miniature hard disk for storage. Thanks to Toshiba’s prototype hard drive; Apple was able to find the key for the first IPod (Kahney Illustrated). The company wanted to focus on promoting the small size, power, and ease of use of its device (Lloyd iLounge). The name of the device, IPod, came from a freelance copywriter, Vinnie Chieco, who thought about a movie, The Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick (Edwards Birth). Apple revealed their first generation IPod to the market in a 5GB model, which can