iPod 60GB mp3 player
Selected because Steve Jobs is trending and we hope that may help us find the answers to some of our questions about this familiar object.
Case number - AIBDC : 005973
A boxed 2000s mp3 player, the Apple iPod 60GB, later known as the iPod Classic. This white and silver coloured digital audio player has a screen on the front along with the click-wheel controller. This example of the iPod has a colour screen, 60Gb memory and can display photos as well as play music. It has the capacity of holding 15,000 songs or 25,000 photos.
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Designer | Unknown - Wanted |
Manufacturer | Apple |
Country | USA |
Date | 2005 |
Dimensions | height 85 mm, width 25 mm, depth 9 mm |
Materials | plastic, unidentified - Wanted |
Method | Unknown - Wanted |
Colour | white |
Inscription | printed: "iPod, 60GB serial no. JQ5338XSAZ. Designed by Apple in California, Assembled in China Model no. A1099 EMC No 2022 Rated 5-30V 1A max. TM and (c) 2005 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved." (rear) |
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Case notes
iPod 60GB mp3 player: Case AIBDC : 005973
A classic about which we know so little: can you tell us who designed it, of which plastic it is made, or how it was manufactured?
Designed by Jonathan Ive
26/04/2014
Thanks again to Chief Agent Holdsworth who wrote: 'Designed by Sir Jonathan Paul "Jony" Ive, KBE. Senior Vice President of Design at Apple Inc., (and his product design team).'
Does anyone have more behind the scenes information: who works in the team? How does the Appleproduct design tem work? We also want info on the particular plastic.
Full design team found
06/05/14
http://ipod.about.com/od/understandingipodmodels/a/invented-ipod.htm
Agent Rupert Radcliffe has solved the mystery of the full team for the first generation iPod released in 2001. The bare facts are:
More information can be found at http://ipod.about.com/od/understandingipodmodels/a/invented-ipod.htm accessed on 06/05/2014
Case nearly solved: just looking for the material now.
Made of Polycarbonate
24/05/2014
Field Agent Radcliffe and Chief Agent Holdsworth have been in conversation as to whether the case was made of perspex or polycarbonate. The consensus was that it is made of the latter which is corroborated by the lack of scratches evedient on the case itself.
Case solved
Designer:
Material: polycarbonate.
Method: injection moulded.
Participating agents: Ian Holdsworth & Rupert Radcliffe.