How to forget the legendary design of the iPod, but the original prototype was one thing, and very different

American company had to deal with innovation Really destructive since he decided to expand his product catalog beyond personal computers. ipod It was one of those things they won around the world and laid the foundations thus competition know the safe ground to tread on. At Urban Tecno, we’ve already covered the history of these music devices and then the videos, and we’ve brought you curious stories, such as the one that explained the invention of the fake iPod to cheat leaks. However, few know original ipod designwhich you will find under these lines.

Full view of the first iPod. panic

It was the first generation iPod that Apple offices began experimenting with.

FROM panica technology company that develops a video game like the Untitled Goose Game for you and also creates a completely innovative gaming device like the Playdate, we got curious newswhich was published on his blog and reveals original design of the first iPod. As you can see in one of the gallery images, the size The iPod was pretty importantespecially because boards and circuits used to develop it they took up a lot of space.

East first prototypewhat might seem like something that a person with imagination and a 3D printer can easily make, turned out to be miniature up to size real ipod. Actually, inside has a lot wasted spacealthough it’s common when it’s not the final design to help developers improve their features.

in left-hand sideas debug methodin what JTAG port standard. The truth is that it is surprising that as of the date of writing, June 2022, more than 20 years after these pictureswhich were filmed in 2001, we can surprise us with news about devices So important for the technology sector and for the company founded by Steve Jobs.

Easter egg image of the fifth generation iPod. panic

By the way, Panik ends the article by pointing to Easter egg hidden in fifth generation ipodas you can see in image on these lines. On this device, when you switch to final screen Legal conditions and before the appearance of the emoji, you can see a nice Snowman: ☃.