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The first version was released on October 2. The most recent i. Pod redesigns were announced on July 1. As of July 2. 7, 2. Apple has discontinued manufacturing all models except for the i. Pod Touch. Apple's i. Tunes software (and other alternative software) can be used to transfer music, photos, videos, games, contact information, e- mail settings, Web bookmarks, and calendars, to the devices supporting these features from computers using certain versions of Apple Macintosh and Microsoft.

Windows operating systems. As of i. OS 5, separate apps named . During the middle of 2. Phone sales overtook those of the i. Pod. The sixth generation i. Pod Touch includes a wide variety of spec improvements such as the upgraded A8 processor and higher- quality screen.

The core is over five times faster than previous models and is built to be roughly on par with the i. Phone 5. S. Digital cameras, camcorders and organizers had well- established mainstream markets, but the company found existing digital music players . As ordered by CEO Steve Jobs, Apple's hardware engineering chief Jon Rubinstein assembled a team of engineers to design the i. Pod line, including hardware engineers Tony Fadell and Michael Dhuey. Jobs announced it as a Mac- compatible product with a 5 GB hard drive that put . The platform had rudimentary software running on a commercial microkernel embedded operating system.

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Say goodbye to some of your favorite old school MP3 players. Apple has officially announced that the iPod Nano and Shuffle have played their last songs. The two music.

Portal. Player had previously been working on an IBM- branded MP3 player with Bluetooth headphones. Starting with the i. Pod Mini, the Chicago font was replaced with Espy Sans. Later i. Pods switched fonts again to Podium Sans—a font similar to Apple's corporate font, Myriad. Color display i. Pods then adopted some Mac OS X themes like Aqua progress bars, and brushed metal meant to evoke a combination lock. Free Absolutely Anything (2017) Online on this page.

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In 2. 00. 7, Apple modified the i. Pod interface again with the introduction of the sixth- generation i. Pod Classic and third- generation i. Pod Nano by changing the font to Helvetica and, in most cases, splitting the screen in half by displaying the menus on the left and album artwork, photos, or videos on the right (whichever was appropriate for the selected item).

In 2. 00. 6 Apple presented a special edition for i. Pod 5. G of Irish rock band U2. Like its predecessor, this i.

Pod has engraved the signatures of the four members of the band on its back, but this one was the first time the company changed the colour of the metal (not silver but black). This i. Pod was only available with 3. GB of storage capacity. The special edition entitled purchasers to an exclusive video with 3. U2, downloadable from the i. Tunes Store. Kane Kramer applied for a UK patent for his design of a .

After Chieco saw a prototype, he thought of the movie 2. A Space Odyssey and the phrase . Chieco saw an analogy to the relationship between the spaceship and the smaller independent pods in the relationship between a personal computer and the music player.

Grasso of New Jersey had originally listed an . Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in July 2. Internet kiosks. The first i. Pod kiosks had been demonstrated to the public in New Jersey in March 1. January 2. 00. 0, but had apparently been discontinued by 2. The trademark was registered by the USPTO in November 2.

Grasso assigned it to Apple Computer, Inc. Belgian website Belgium i.

Phone originally found the images when plugging in an i. Pod for the first time, and subsequent leaked photos were found by Pierre Dandumont. Similar capacitors were used in the fourth- generation i. Pods. The first- generation i. Pod Shuffle uses a dual- transistor output stage. Apple previously had to remove i.

Pods from shelves in France for exceeding this legal limit. These have Fire. Wire (left) and USB (right three) connectors, which allow i. Pods to charge without a computer. The units have been miniaturized over time. Originally, a Fire. Wire connection to the host computer was used to update songs or recharge the battery.

The battery could also be charged with a power adapter that was included with the first four generations. The third generation began including a 3. Fire. Wire or USB connectivity. This provided better compatibility with non- Apple machines, as most of them did not have Fire. Wire ports at the time.

Eventually Apple began shipping i. Pods with USB cables instead of Fire. Wire, although the latter was available separately. As of the first- generation i. Pod Nano and the fifth- generation i. Pod Classic, Apple discontinued using Fire. Wire for data transfer (while still allowing for use of Fire.

Wire to charge the device) in an attempt to reduce cost and form factor. As of the second- generation i. Pod Touch and the fourth- generation i. Pod Nano, Fire. Wire charging ability has been removed. The second- , third- , and fourth- generation i.

Pod Shuffle uses a single 3. USB data and charging port for the dock/cable. The dock connector also allowed the i. Pod to connect to accessories, which often supplement the i. Pod's music, video, and photo playback. Apple sells a few accessories, such as the now- discontinued i. Pod Hi- Fi, but most are manufactured by third parties such as Belkin and Griffin.

Some peripherals use their own interface, while others use the i. Pod's own screen.

Because the dock connector is a proprietary interface, the implementation of the interface requires paying royalties to Apple. The new connector replaces the older 3. Pods, i. Phones, and i. Pads. Apple Lightning cables have pins on both sides of the plug so it can be inserted with either side facing up.

A large number are made by third party companies, although many, such as the i. Pod Hi- Fi, are made by Apple. Some accessories add extra features that other music players have, such as sound recorders, FM radio tuners, wired remote controls, and audio/visual cables for TV connections. Other accessories offer unique features like the Nike+i. Pod pedometer and the i. Pod Camera Connector.

Other notable accessories include external speakers, wireless remote controls, protective case, screen films, and wireless earphones. Apple announced in 2. Mercedes- Benz. Alternative connection methods include adapter kits (that use the cassette deck or the CD changer port), audio input jacks, and FM transmitters such as the i. Trip—although personal FM transmitters are illegal in some countries. Many car manufacturers have added audio input jacks as standard.

The free service will allow passengers to power and charge an i. Pod, and view video and music libraries on individual seat- back displays. The i. Pod Photo introduced the ability to display JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, and PNG image file formats. Fifth- and sixth- generation i. Pod Classics, as well as third- generation i.

Pod Nanos, can additionally play MPEG- 4 (H. MPEG- 4 AVC) and Quick. Timevideo formats, with restrictions on video dimensions, encoding techniques and data rates. MIDI files also cannot be played, but can be converted to audio files using the . Alternative open- source audio formats, such as Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, are not supported without installing custom firmware onto an i. Pod (e. g., Rockbox). During installation, an i.

Pod is associated with one host computer. Each time an i. Pod connects to its host computer, i. Tunes can synchronize entire music libraries or music playlists either automatically or manually. Song ratings can be set on an i. Pod and synchronized later to the i. Tunes library, and vice versa. A user can access, play, and add music on a second computer if an i.

Pod is set to manual and not automatic sync, but anything added or edited will be reversed upon connecting and syncing with the main computer and its library. If a user wishes to automatically sync music with another computer, an i. Pod's library will be entirely wiped and replaced with the other computer's library. Interfacei. Pods with color displays use anti- aliased graphics and text, with sliding animations. All i. Pods (except the 3rd- generation i.

Pod Shuffle, the 6th & 7th generation i.

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