Behind The Development Of The iPod nano

bonch writes "A Time Magazine article on the behind-the-scenes development of the iPod nano reveals that development work began just nine months ago, when the iPod mini was still a top-seller. Every internal component was redesigned and packed into every millimeter of the space inside. Famed Apple designer Jonathan Ives spent months on the tiniest of details, like the laser-etching of the logo and the roughness of the clickwheel compared to the smoothness of the rest of the exterior. 'I know you're not going to consciously find these details particularly appealing," says Ives, 'but I think it's the fact that we've worried about all of them that makes the product so precious.'"

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my precious

[networkBoy]

ob gollum quote.
-nB

Re:Huh?

[sH4RD]

To add to the matter, I've posted a few iPod bashing comments over the past few days, simply with my analysis about the Apple strategy. Mind you, I own an iPod, I use an iPod, I like the iPod, and yet anything that in some way criticizes the iPod gets modded as a Troll? I know the product, I know what makes it tick, and I'm a real user of it. How is stating a simple thought without bashing, unfounded ignorance, or general stupidity trolling in any way?

Re:Engineers @ work

[Basehart]

What's BFH again?

And is there a /. acronym directory page for future reference, I'm RCART (really crap at remembering them).

Holla!!

[RUFFyamahaRYDER]

FTFA "West rips through All Falls Down and Gold Digger, but he barely gets a head bob out of those people. When he raps, "If you aint no punk, holla 'We want prenup!,'" not a single, solitary soul hollas back."

I thought that was funny... What were they thinking inviting Kanye West to this?!

/.Likes Kanye's Gold Digger Song
//.Would have holla'd "We want Prenup!"
///.Aren't these slashdots cool?

Apples next product:

[dcapel]

The iPod yocto

With a name like that, it will FLY off the shelves.

You knew it was coming...

[tritesnikov]

While not all-inclusive, let's just kill as much of it as we can right now (meaning I don't remember the rest and don't care to look them up)... Man, imagine a Beowulf cluster of these. I, for one, welcome our new iPod nano overlords. In Soviet Russia, iPod nanos you. OR In Soviet Russia, nano iPods you. 1) Nanoize the iPod. 2) ??? 3) Profit!!! And so on and so on...

Damn you HTML formatted by default

[tritesnikov]

Let's try again

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While not all-inclusive, let's just kill as much of it as we can right now (meaning I don't remember the rest and don't care to look them up)...

Man, imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.

I, for one, welcome our new iPod nano overlords.

In Soviet Russia, iPod nanos you.
OR
In Soviet Russia, nano iPods you.

1) Nanoize the iPod.
2) ???
3) Profit!!!

And so on and so on...