i Pod mini

iPod Mini is a miniature version of the iPod music player devices. This product was announced on January 6, 2004, and is generally sold in the United States on February 20 in the same year. This tool can be used with computers with the Macintosh operating system and Windows, with limited capabilities when used with the Linux operating system or the like. The second generation of this device was introduced on February 23, 2005.

Since September 2005 the iPod mini was not manufactured by Apple Computer and has been replaced by the iPod nano.

This tool uses sensitive equipment wheel touch (touch-sensitive scroll wheel) is very popular with third-generation iPods, but, without the use of four butang on wheels swivel, the swivel wheel double as the replacement butang (hence this wheel known as the wheel click (click wheel).) butang To use these, the user must press the click wheel ujuk of which have been labeled accordingly. Like its predecessor, this click wheel dikembangakan Synaptics company specifically for Apple Computer. Click wheel is also used for the fourth-generation iPod.

Technical details

Both first-generation iPod mini and the second is very similar, except with the difference in the hard-drive size and capacity of the batteries. Both versions have a size of 3.6x2.0x0.5 inches or 91x51x13 mm and weighs 3.6 ounces or 102 grams. Protective exterior is made of anodized aluminum. The first generation iPod mini is available in five colors: silver, gold, red mud, blue and green. Some units are rumored pink color can be changed such as lavender after some time. Gold color model is not sold again for the second generation.

iPod mini uses a hard-drive type of Compact Flash Microdrive very thin and developed by Hitachi. The first generation model has a capacity of 4GB while the second generation of size 4 and 6GB (each can store about 1000 and 1500 songs).

Battery strength for the first generation can only be used for 6 hours, so a lot of criticism for a period of very short useful life. This problem is corrected in the second generation that can be used up to 18 hours - 50 percent higher than the output capabilities of the latest iPods with 12-hour lifetime.

Like the iPod models, iPod mini can play MP3-format documents, AAC/M4A, WAV, AIFF, and Apple Lossless. This product can also be used with the iTunes software online music store iTunes Music Store.