iPod Nano Disassembled
September 9th, 2005 by Chi An
Apple is making the world crazy again with its new iPod Nano. Within 24 hours, the new iPod Nano had been disassembled by Japanese fans.
Let see how was iPod Nano been raped!
The iPod Nano manage to keep its body slim, just slightly larger than an iPod Shuffle.
Let’s take a look on the naked iPod Nano
From above pictures, we know that the major components are as:
- PortalPlayer PP5021C-TDF
- Wolfson Microelectronics WM8975G
- Philips CF50607 PMU (Power Management Unit)
- Samsung 534-K9WAG08U1M flash
- Silicon Storage Technology 55LD019K Flash
- National Semiconductor JM54RM
- SEC 534 BG75 K4M56163PG
- 16 bit color 176×132 1.5″ LCD
iPod Nano is the first iPod that using PortalPlayer PP5021 as its core platform. However, the circuit layout plays more important roles most of the time. Althought its performance is still unknown yet, it should be better than iPod Mini as the circuit design is similar iPod 4G.
{ More pictures at impress.co.jp }Apple iPod Nanois currently available at Amazon!
Filed under MP3 Players, Apple having
September 24th, 2005 at 7:49 am
i really want one of these
ipod nano’s
i like the black the best im just worried that it would snap in my pocket if i leaned to far forward to tie my shoelace or something
but thats just me being paranoid
i cant see people wanting the ipod mini or shuffle now
no wonder there so eager to give them away with popular packets of crisps all over the world?
October 2nd, 2005 at 5:25 am
[…] We had seen the disassembled iPod Nano. We knew that it is made with third parties’ components. Unlike Sony whose believe in their own components and format, Apple don’t really design their own chips for iPod. By this, Apple has successfully shortened their development process of a new product. […]
January 9th, 2006 at 6:51 am
My circular controller no longer works. I know y its because of 1 of the wires from the controller is no longer connected. How do i fix this?
October 7th, 2006 at 9:26 am
Hey! i was wondering if you can help me out, my ipod nano appears to have a sad ipod face when i plug it into the computer (it wont turn on unless i plug it in) so i opened it up and i wanna know what part is it that is on the back of the ipod case, the silver circle with a goldish perimiter around it, i also wanted to know what is that peices function in the nano.
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May 19th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
I love to fix this model.
It’s very resilient i’ve even brought them back from the washing machine!!!