The year of its launch no one was immune to the advent of iPod, is a dangerous device in the technological world and responsible for Apple's current business model, due to the launch of a music subscription program on iTunes.
Though for the most part, this is Apple's device, widely known by the firm, claiming its creation Tony Fadell, better known as “IPod dad”. In recent months, Fadell has decided to talk openly about the experience and the creation of an iconic timeline. Weeks ago he did it on Twitter, but recently had the opportunity to deepen his interview with Stripe chief executive Patrick Collison.
The original iPod was upgraded every year
According to Fadell, the device was ready one year after the project arrived in late January 2001. He added that when he joined the project to run the iPod, this was not the product we know today. Apple wanted to do it MP3 player based on the hard disk, but it was: "Without equipment, prototype, design, nothing".
However, as we now know, the product was completed before the end of the year. Fadell introduced a sort of job creation in March, with the group finding production partners in April again Apple
It was certainly a great achievement for the company at that time. But as Fadell shares with 9to5mac, something like this probably won't happen Apple's modern scale.
The company's large size means developing a supply chain to finance millions of production units a month; This is basically impossible to achieve this quickly. The complexity of technology has increased dramatically since 2001.
The "fastest" replacement for a major new product made for Apple these days is between two to three years.
Comparing that to Apple's latest product line recordings, the iPhone, Fadell said that while the last days are unclear about the product review, many indications indicate that Apple is always working on models of the IPhone Two or three years before the current shipping model.
So maybe, something like "quick to build a product" is also a fitting title for Tony Fadell.