iPod nano gets nekkid

You knew it was only a matter of time — all gadgets must succumb to dissection sooner or later. It didn't take long for the iPod nano to meet its fate. Peep the Read link for all the guts and glory.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[poop @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

what is the point of these dissections? Their educational value is 0. This isn't something like a steam engine which is interesting to take apart.

[Lindsey @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

Must be someone with some extra money to burn,

[bert @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

So why is the headphone Jack At the Bottom!!!,

Griffin Going to need to make A super thin Itrip to match an sit underneath.

[MONICA @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

COULD I GET A FREE IPOD FROM THIS ADVERTISEMENT, I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE 1 BUT BECAUSE I HAVE NO BUDGET FOR THIS I CANT AFFORD TO BUY..... THANK AND GODBLESS YOU MORE.......

[Bernard Leach @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

#1 Its interesting because now we know exactly which chips we are programming for when we port ipodlinux.

[Guido @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

#3: It's at the bottom so that you can hang it from your neck and pick it up for controlling it in the right orientation (if it's head down when hung, it's in the correct position when you grab it to use the wheel).

[Motorhomes America @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

NIce take appart. Amazing how small the 4gb chip is. Imagine how many you could fit inside a 3,5 HDD Volume. Finally silent MASS storage !

[CajunLuke @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

#3 and #4: didn't your teachers ever teach you about the question mark? Both of your initial sentences need to be ended by question marks, as they are questions. Please learn some grammar.

[slysithesuperspy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

I wondered why the text made no sense at all, until I noticed it was translated.

[Bill @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

with the realitive simplicity of ram removal, I'm betting there will be some nano's out there with more than 4gb of storage in the coming weeks. All I want to know is where I can order the 8gb kit... and when apple will ship my unit.

[NekoTsukimi @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

All those poor young gadgets violated for the sake of knowledge. Think of the poor creatures next time you want to put up nekkid images of them. It could count as... kiddy pr0n!!!!! So young... So young!!!!

[asher @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

I hear there are contries that allow a full range of testing on these while they're still alive. They say the testing is for the medical and cosmetic industries but the horror!

[damien morton @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

And why exactly did Apple create the nano, which looks and functions like a dream, while allowing Motorola to create the ROKR, which looks and functions like ass.

A apple-designed phone would be the top selling phone in the world, almost overnight.

[sanjose @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

Every great device has to be explored and ipod nano is no exception in that...BTW who is providing the chipset for IPOD nano??

[Alex @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

#1 I think that people take these kinds of things apart for the intrinsic value of taking it apart. "It's there and it's possible, so why not?" To an electrical engineer this piece of hardware just looks elegant taken apart.
#10 I love the idea of an 8Gb flash drive iPod but the problem is that Samsung already gave Apple a righteous deal on those current 2/4 Gb drives. A bigger drive would mean a bigger price tag that would end up on the consumer end of the spectrum. But you're right I'm sure someone will hack and mod their Nano to give the extra space.
Well said #11, I like that. :)
And finally #13, why does any company make ay product? To make money in our glorious capitalistic economy that's why. iPod is going to make money off the ROKR just because of the trademark/copywrite on the name iTunes. They are going to get a ton money off of something that they really didn't have too much to do with in the first place. So what if it's not the top-selling phone in the world (or the US for that matter)? It's not like Apple really care about the cell phone community.

[Ted @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

>>and when apple will ship my unit.

I picked my black 4gb yesterday at a local Apple Store here in Seattle. They got in about 400 units yesterday. They were selling fast.

I LOVE this thing. It's so small, thin and easily readable. Oh, and it sounds great too!

[Eric @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

#3 probably because the screen is at the top and the
depth seems insufficient to place a headphone jack behind it.

[Jen @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

lamest title for an article ever

[Greg @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

#4 wtf?

[Stoneman @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

#4 doesn't seem to have a budget for intelligence, either. What a stupid fool.

Go beg on the street, MONICA.

[carter @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

Get A free ipod nano by using the link sign up for an offer then canceling it then getting 5 friends to do the same sign up using the link below and be 1 of the first five people an receive 5 gmail invites
http://ipodnanos.freepay.com/?r=22174337

[carter @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

Get A free ipod nano by using the link sign up for an offer then canceling it then getting 5 friends to do the same sign up using the link below and be 1 of the first five people an receive 5 gmail invites
http://ipodnanos.freepay.com/?r=22174337

[iPod Guru @ Dec 19th 2005 1:25AM]

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