I'm Going To Talk to the iPod Guy Today

[Petary791]

So the guy who created iPod graduated from my school, and he's coming to my school today. I'm going to ask a few questions (hopefully.) The main question is:

What's going to be on the 5G and when is it going to come out? How much?

I'll report back after school (half day.) Wish me luck!

 

[iTara]

YAY! go paparazzi go!

tell him we want backlighting back too!

T.

 

[Petary791]

They got rid of the backlight on the 4G!?

I'm 3G'n it up so i'm not real sure what's going on. I'm leaving in 10 minutes, and if you guys get any questions real quick, i'll ask them!

 

[Petary791]

Well i'm off to school now.

No other questions (other than iTara's) will be asked. Sorry.

 

[iTara]

I'm 3G too dude, but i've seen G4s around, i'm waiting for the G5 they brought backlighting back on the G2 Minis.. so hopefully they folow suite with the G5..

My dream G5 would be all brushed metal (like the G4 Powerbooks) with backlighting, better battery, OLED screens (to use less power) and 80GB capacity

T.

 

[Bob]

they brought backlighting back on the G2 Minis..

T.

iTara,
They didn't - they colour coordinated the wheel icons to the case colour - you may have thought that was backlighting...

 

[Bob]

So the guy who created iPod graduated from my school, and he's coming to my school today.

Who is that then? Tony Fadell? Several people could be credited with 'creating' the iPod - this weeks MacUser (UK) has a 4 page article about this very subject.

"He (Tony Fadell) worked for the likes of Philips, RealNetworks and General Magic, and then went on to invent both the Velo - one of the first truly 'desirable' PDA's - and, most surprisingly of all, the iPod."

Interesting opportunity to ask some good questions though - hope you have a few more to ask!

 

[shuffling]

The ipod mini, 4G ipod and the ipod photo all have backlight.
Check the tech specs here:
http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html

Also the next generation ipod will be called the 5G (5th generation) not G5. You'll confuse people because the G5 is the 64-bit processor used in some Apple computers. Same thing with 4G (4th Generation) and G4. G4 is all so a processor in some Apple computers.

 

[Petary791]

Yeah sorry I forgot to say that it was Tony Fadell. He graduated from Grosse Pointe South (my school) in 1987. He did all sorts of things before the iPod.

He didn't call on me to ask a question! My ipodlounge mission failed!

 

[Bob]

The ipod mini, 4G ipod and the ipod photo all have backlight.
Check the tech specs here:
http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html

Also the next generation ipod will be called the 5G (5th generation) not G5. You'll confuse people because the G5 is the 64-bit processor used in some Apple computers. Same thing with 4G (4th Generation) and G4. G4 is all so a processor in some Apple computers.

Backlit controls, as in the 3G iPods menu buttons, is what I believe is being discussed - not backlight to the display, which of course all iPods with an LCD have.....

 

[Paracaine]

Backlit controls, as in the 3G iPods menu buttons, is what I believe is being discussed - not backlight to the display, which of course all iPods with an LCD have.....

It wasn't made clear at the start though...

 

[chuckley]

precisely!

 

[graphicgeek2]

So how did it go even though you didn't get a question in???

 

[Petary791]

Well the first thing he said was, "Damn it's early!" In one of the other presentations (he did 2 or 3,) somebody asked him a question and he's like, "It doesn't matter because i'm hot ####!" What a cool guy.

He didn't really talk about iPods actually. He talked about life and how you should follow your dreams, probably because if he listened to everyone else he wouldn't be a multi-millionaire.

I'm proud to have him graduate from my school.

 

[Bob]

precisely!

Well sorry for being able to figure it out.............