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>As you can see, it’s… quite large! In fact, I can not! The photo in question has no reference objects. (scroll down to see photos that actually demonstrate its size)
Two references in all of the photos are the JTAG connector on the side (a standard pin header with 0.1" spacing) and the standard headphone jack.
>As you can see, it’s… quite large! In fact, I can not! The photo in question has no reference objects. (scroll down to see photos that actually demonstrate its size)
>As you can see, it’s… quite large! In fact, I can not! The photo in question has no reference objects. (scroll down to see photos that actually demonstrate its size)
Two references in all of the photos are the JTAG connector on the side (a standard pin header with 0.1" spacing) and the standard headphone jack.
Was this used to effectively silo developers from each other? Ie, don’t let the hardware team see the real software UI, and don’t let the software team see the real hardware UI. It looks too ridiculous to be real, I suspect it was ugly by design. Apple did this on the iPhone design, the ugly software UI was called “skankphone”.
Interestingly, the holes for the screen and the buttons look like they were molded, but the holes for the jacks and wheel look like they were milled. I wonder if the boxes were custom-made or something off-the-shelf that happened to have the right screen size and number of buttons.
>As you can see, it’s… quite large! In fact, I can not! The photo in question has no reference objects. (scroll down to see photos that actually demonstrate its size)
One of the photos literally shows an actual 1st-gen iPod on top of it.
>As you can see, it’s… quite large! In fact, I can not! The photo in question has no reference objects. (scroll down to see photos that actually demonstrate its size)
Two references in all of the photos are the JTAG connector on the side (a standard pin header with 0.1" spacing) and the standard headphone jack.
>As you can see, it’s… quite large! In fact, I can not! The photo in question has no reference objects. (scroll down to see photos that actually demonstrate its size)
Was this used to effectively silo developers from each other? Ie, don’t let the hardware team see the real software UI, and don’t let the software team see the real hardware UI. It looks too ridiculous to be real, I suspect it was ugly by design. Apple did this on the iPhone design, the ugly software UI was called “skankphone”.
My guess is that they used that case from early on in the project and then just stuck with it even as the electronics inside shrunk. It's not like the software people would be fooled by the enormous size; they knew they were making a pocketable music player. Interestingly, the holes for the screen and the buttons look like they were molded, but the holes for the jacks and wheel look like they were milled. I wonder if…