iFixit has taken apart a new iPod nano today. The nano has a multitouch screen in place of a touch wheel and has been made smaller than the previous version.
Measurements reveal that the new iPod nano is 67% the size of the previous generation. Getting inside required the use of a heat gun to loosen the glue holding the screen in place. Once that was done it's just a matter of pulling it apart. [click to continue…]
TUAW got hold of a latest gen iPod nano and took a look at what it was all about... as in they took a look inside the software to see what hidden gems could be found inside.
Some code found inside indicates that the iPod nano has the ability to playback video. Several options can be found in a section titled
iFixit managed to get hold of an iPod touch to tear down. The iPod touch went on sale this week after being announced just last week at the Apple Special Event.
The iPod touch is very thin and hence, a lower resolution camera was used as the 5 megapixel version from the iPhone 4 just wouldn't fit with the technology used today.
The new touch uses an A4 processor although it comes packaged with 256MB of RAM (just like the iPad) rather than the 512MB of the iPhone 4. [click to continue…]
The latest generation iPod shuffle was announced last week and launched this week. iFixit of course, managed to get it's hands on one and tear it apart to see exactly what's inside the new device.
With the shuffle having no screen, Apple [AAPL] has managed to cram everything in to the shuffle and make it a tiny package.
In terms of how easy it is to teardown, iFixit gave it a rating 2 out of 10 which basically makes it very difficult to teardown. [click to continue…]
The Apple [AAPL] website was recently updated with the new details of the iPod touch. Along with that the standard pictures were uploaded that show the new device.
Unfortunately for Apple, someone forgot to photoshop the correct screen grabs on to the page and managed to leave the Phone icon at the bottom left of the screen along with text messages showing up in the Spotlight search as pictured below. [click to continue…]
The latest generation iPod touch has a vibration motor installed. This is revealed thanks to the FCC teardown that we mentioned last week.
It is expected that vibration will be used for incoming FaceTime calls. The motor is also confirmed by Apple [AAPL] on the accessibility page (quoted below).
If somebody wants to start a video call with you, you?ll receive an invitation -- along with a vibrating alert -- on your iPod touch asking you to join. Simply tap Accept, and the video call begins.
We don't post that many infographics, but thought this was worth a quick look at.
The infographic here shows how the iPod nano has changed over the years. The latest model is the 6th generation. Each generation has added new features and changed things around a bit. The first started off with a monochrome screen which was replaced with a colour screen, then a larger screen, then a wide screen, tall screen, taller screen and on to the square screen.
The 6th gen model is the first to adopt a touchscreen and drop the click wheel controls. [click to continue…]
We normally feature content from iFixit in regards to hardware teardowns of new products. The iFixit team tear down many, if not all, Apple [AAPL] products.
This time the FCC beat them to it and have taken apart a new iPod touch to show the world what can be found inside.
The FCC managed to take a look at the Retina Display, the wireless communications equipment as well as everything else that is inside. [click to continue…]
The I-Station Z3D is the worlds first 3D portable media player (PMP). The device is Android powered and runs Android 2.1. It has a 7 inch WVGA screen that can display 800 x 480 pixels. The 3D screen does require that you wear glasses although we would have preferred if they would use a screen like the 3DS that requires no glasses.
Technical specs of the device show that it has 256MB of DDR2 memory. For connectivity it has Wireless 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth 2.0. A DMB tuner is built in along with a G sensor for detecting movement.
Storage capacity of the Z3D is either 32GB or 64GB with the lower 32GB model costing a hefty $500 when it launches in Korea this November. [click to continue…]
Apple [AAPL] has announced the next generation iPod touch. The new model brings a number of new features including the retina display and the Apple A4 chip both found in the iPhone 4.
The iPod touch according to Apple, is the number 1 portable games playing system in the world. It has over a 50% market share in both the US and the world which is quite impressive.
New features include the Retina Display that has 4x the pixel density of the previous screen. The pixel density is 326ppi which is more than the eye can distinguish. It is thinner than the previous model and has a 3 axis gyro built in. [click to continue…]
Apple [AAPL] has also announced the new iPod nano today. Th new iPod nano drops the click wheel and adopts a square screen that is multi-touch based and runs a small variant of iOS.
The new iPod nano comes in two capacities of 8GB and 16GB and is being made available in 7 colours.
The iPod nano is capable of playing music for 24 hours. Some unique features allow the screen to be rotated by using two fingers on the multi-touch screen. A clip has been introduced on the back. [click to continue…]
Today, Apple [AAPL] launched new iPod devices across the whole range. First up on the list was the iPod shuffle. The iPod shuffle brings back the buttons which lacked on the last version. Other features include voice over as well as it shrinking in size a little.
Genius has also been built in.
The new iPod shuffle is able to play back 15 hours of music on a single charge. It comes in 5 colours and is available to pre-order now over at Apple where it costs $49 for a 2GB model.
Shipping starts next week.