The History of the Third Generation iPod

Till multinational technologies business Apple Inc. launched the ipod in 2001, digital media gamers had been usually observed as inefficient in terms of portability and content material storage ability. These days, the ipod has turn out to be the world's premier transportable digital multimedia gadget, and is presently in its sixth generation of manufacturing. The 3rd generation ipod, which lasted from 2003 to 2004, marked the initial main redesign of the item.

Track record

When Apple released the ipod on Oct. 23, 2001, it marketed the unit as possessing the ability to shop up to 1,000 songs; practically unparalleled at the time for this kind of a products. Furthermore, it did this with a tough generate that was smaller sized than other moveable digital gamers. The ipod was created with a flat rectangular form, with a black-and-white liquid-crystal show display and mechanical scroll wheel. The exact same design carried more than to the 2nd generation ipod in 2002.

3rd Generational Modifications

The arrival of the 3rd generation ipod, nevertheless, brought some notable Alterations. Gone was the mechanical scroll wheel. In its spot was a touch-delicate wheel: a characteristic that has remained with potential generation of the ipod and its variants ever given that. Apple also launched a USB port for information transfer, a 4-pin remote connector that changed the auxiliary ring that encircled the headphone port and a lithium-ion battery as an alternative of a lithium-polymer one.

Other Capabilities

Dimension-sensible, the 3rd generation ipod is thinner and has somewhat rounder edges than its predecessors. The lithium-ion battery, even so, delivers two hrs less of audio playback time than the very first- and 2nd-generational iPods; the 3rd has 8 hrs although the 1st and 2nd have ten. Whereas the 1st ipod supplied 5GB and 10GB selections and the 2nd has 10GB and 20GB selections, the 3rd to begin with had 3 that consisted of 10GB, 15GB and 30GB.

Revisions and Stop of Creation

The 3rd-generation ipod went by means of two revisions right after its debut. The very first revision, which took location on Sept. eight, 2003 -- barely six months following its introduction -- concerned the substitute of the 15GB with the 20GB. Over 4 months later on, on Jan. six, 2004, Apple changed the 10GB with the 15GB. The 3rd-generation ipod lasted six more months just before getting discontinued on Jul. 19, 2004.