iPod mini

iPod mini

CPU

CPU: ARM7TDMI

CPU Speed: dual 80 MHz embedded

Data Path: 32 bit

ROM: 32 MB

Onboard RAM: 32 MB

RAM slots: 0

Maximum RAM: 32 MB

Video

Screen: 1.67" backlit LCD

Max Resolution: 1-bit 138x110

Storage

Hard Drive: 4 GB 4200 RPM

ATA Bus: ATA-66

Input/Output

USB: via Dock Connector

Firewire: via Dock Connector

Audio Out: stereo 16 bit mini

Speaker: clicker

Miscellaneous

Codename: ?

Dimensions: 3.6" H x 2.0" W x 0.5" D

Weight: 0.225 lbs.

Minimum OS: iPod mini OS 1.0

Maximum OS: iPod mini OS 1.4.1

Introduced: January 2004

Terminated: February 2005

Announced in January 2004, the iPod mini was the height and width of a business card. Built around a 1" 4 GB hard drive, the iPod mini raised the bar for portability in a hard disk music player. It was small enough to wear comfortably on an arm band, but large enough to hold nearly 1,000 songs. For its small size, Apple charged a premium: the 4 GB iPod mini was 9, only less than a 15 GB full size iPod. Apple believed that its small size and consumer appeal would make up for its high price. As Apple hoped, iPod mini's sold extremely well. So well, in fact, that demand vasty outstripped supply long into the summer months.

The iPod mini was available in five metalic colors: silver, gold, pink, blue and green. it was based around the PortalPlayer PP5020 System-on-a-chip, the same chip that would later power the iPod (Click Wheel). In order to fit everything in such a small package, Apple had to change the layout of the buttons from the exiting iPod design. All buttons were again made mechanical, and the four buttons which had previously been at the top of the front face were now placed underneath the scroll wheel. The result, which Apple called a "ClickWheel" allowed users to use the wheel as a touch-sensitive scroll wheel, or push on the four corners to click the buttons.

Picture Credits:

Apple Computer, Inc.

iPod mini

苹果电脑在2004年1月进入“微型”数码音乐播放器市场，同时公布了iPod mini，直接与创新Zen Micro和Digital Networks的Rio Carbon竞争。iPod mini与全尺寸的iPod有非常多相似的功能，但缺少第三方的配件的支持。它使用较小的1.67英寸（对角）的灰阶液晶显示屏，比过去的版本减少了数行的显示，屏幕上的限制使播放音乐时只能显示标题和演唱者。

iPod mini使用微型硬盘作为储存器。它是iPod里除了iPod shuffle外最小巧的一款，基本上可说是标准型iPod的降阶缩小版。但自从 iPod nano 推出后，她的小巧地位被打破，但是 iPod shuffle 仍保最细小 iPod 的地位。