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Published 5:34 p.m. UTC May 6, 2018 How much does Apple know about me? The answer surprised me.
Following Facebook's acknowledgement that it had let a political ad targeting firm scrape the personal data of 87 million users, I rushed to see what kind of personal data the social network and Google had gathered on me. Both had more information, reaching back longer, than I had envisioned. So Apple was next. I use an iPhone, iPad and two Mac computers, and Apple also offers data downloads in the privacy section of its website. It's hard to find, and once you do make the connection, you can expect a hefty wait to get the results.
But don't expect to stay up all night reading what Apple has on you. The zip file I eventually received from Apple was tiny, only 9 megabytes, compared to 243 MB from Google and 881 MB from Facebook. And there's not much there, because Apple says the information is primarily kept on your device, not its servers. The one sentence highlight: a list of my downloads, purchases and repairs, but not my search histories through the Siri personal assistant or the Safari browser. First, the wait.
Jefferson Graham It took eight days for my data to arrive from Apple, from a European office that is handling the privacy requests. After making the request, the iPhone maker first asked for my street address, phone number, the serial number of the iPhone, and other personal information before releasing it. This compares to Google and Facebook's data dump. They asked no questions, and the results arrived swiftly—Facebook within minutes, and Google within hours. What I got Apple's file on me took longer but was lightweight — a testimony, according to the company, of how little it collects and stores on its individual users. According to the file, it had made time stamps of when I backed up my iPhone, when I uploaded photos to iCloud and really boring things like that. It had stored my e-mail and physical address, but not the phone number, which is odd, since the information came from the iPhone.
It kept a copy of every app and song I'd downloaded, every tune I'd added to my iTunes music library, and every time I needed repair on a multitude of Apple devices going back a decade. What it didn't include. Apple screenshot What Apple didn’t share with me is all the questions I've asked the Siri personal digital assistant, queries it gathers to make the artificial intelligence smarter. The company says the data wouldn't tell an individual user anything, since it's not associated with him or her. Your Siri requests —'Show me how to get to PF Chang's,' or 'What year was Steve Jobs born?' Go back to Apple — but it uses a random identifier to mask your identity. So a Siri search for the closest Chipotle restaurant will only tell Apple that a user requested the data, but not associate it with me.
The company says flatly that it doesn’t want your personal information and doesn’t store it. On the Safari browser on my Macs, my browsing history goes back to July 2017, but Apple says it doesn't track that information.
As a result, the personal download is very different from what I got from competitors Facebook and Google, which both track our moves, likes and queries in order to sell targeted advertising to sponsors. Apple says it’s in a different business, one based on selling you products, not selling advertisers access to your attention — for the most part.
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On a far more limited basis than Facebook or Google, Apple does sell targeted ads based on our interests in the News and App Store apps. To find what Apple has on you here, you need to go to the device. Click Settings, Privacy, Advertising. Then select 'View Ad Information.' On my iPhone, Apple told me that the Washington Post and Politico are 'targeting' me, which I guess should make me feel good as I actually read them. More: You should pay attention to those privacy notices flooding your email More: Facebook to let you delete data it tracks on you from apps and on the Web More: 3 ways to clean up your online history on Facebook, Google and Apple's Safari More: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he's left Facebook over data collection How to download everything Apple knows about you. Apple screenshot You make the request at and then choose from 'Privacy Issues,' in the contact form.
Write a sentence explaining that you want your personal data and download histories. The company says it is moving to one-click requests — which would put it on par with Facebook and Google — in May, but only for European countries at first, to comply with new privacy regulations going into effect May 25th. It says it will have the easier and less confusing privacy requests here later in the year.
More: You should pay attention to those privacy notices flooding your email Apple makes a big deal about its different approach to privacy on the company website, and it paints quite an effective selling proposition for buying an iPhone vs. A Samsung Galaxy or Google Pixel phone. Paul-Olivier Dehaye, who runs the PersonalData.IO website from Switzerland, gives Apple generally good marks for its approach to privacy. 'By keeping everything on the device, their incentives are better,' Dehaye says. Overall, Apple keeps less data on me than Facebook or Google.
Once you read it, it's more of a shrug. But what Apple really needs to do now is not wait to take care of its customers in the United States, home to its biggest customer base, with easier tools to get our data back. Since there's so little to report that Apple keeps on us, why make it so hard?
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. The iPod is a line of and multi-purpose designed and marketed by The was released on October 23, 2001, about 8 1⁄ 2 months after the Macintosh version of was released.
As of July 27, 2017, only the remains in production. Like other digital music players, iPods can serve as external. Apple's iTunes software (and other alternative software) can be used to transfer music, photos, videos, contact information, e-mail settings, Web bookmarks, and calendars, to the devices supporting these features from computers using certain versions of Apple and operating systems.
Before the release of iOS 5, the iPod branding was used for the media player included with the and, a combination of the Music and Videos apps on the iPod Touch. As of iOS 5, separate apps named 'Music' and 'Videos' are standardized across all iOS-powered products. While the iPhone and iPad have essentially the same media player capabilities as the iPod line, they are generally treated as separate products. During the middle of 2010, iPhone sales overtook those of the iPod.
Various iPod models, all of which have been discontinued. The iPod was released in late 2001. The iPod line came from Apple's 'digital hub' category, when the company began creating software for the growing market of personal digital devices. Digital cameras, camcorders and organizers had well-established mainstream markets, but the company found existing digital music players 'big and clunky or small and useless' with user interfaces that were 'unbelievably awful,' so Apple decided to develop its own.
As ordered by CEO, Apple's hardware engineering chief assembled a team of engineers to design the iPod line, including hardware engineers and, and design engineer Sir. Rubinstein had already discovered the Toshiba hard disk drive while meeting with an Apple supplier in Japan, and purchased the rights to it for Apple, and had also already worked out how the screen, battery, and other key elements would work.
The aesthetic was inspired by the 1958 Braun T3 transistor radio designed by, while the wheel-based user interface was prompted by Bang & Olufsen's telephone. The product ('the Walkman of the twenty-first century' ) was developed in less than one year and unveiled on October 23, 2001. Jobs announced it as a Mac-compatible product with a 5 GB hard drive that put '1,000 songs in your pocket.' Apple did not develop the iPod software entirely in-house, instead using 's reference platform based on two cores. The platform had rudimentary software running on a commercial microkernel embedded operating system.
PortalPlayer had previously been working on an IBM-branded MP3 player with headphones. Apple contracted another company, to help design and implement the user interface under the direct supervision of Steve Jobs. As development progressed, Apple continued to refine the software's look and feel. Starting with the, the font was replaced with. Later iPods switched fonts again to —a font similar to Apple's corporate font,.
Color display iPods then adopted some themes like Aqua progress bars, and meant to evoke a. In 2007, Apple modified the iPod interface again with the introduction of the sixth-generation and third-generation by changing the font to and, in most cases, splitting the screen in half by displaying the menus on the left and album artwork, photos, or videos on the right (whichever was appropriate for the selected item). In 2006 Apple presented a special edition for of Irish rock band. Like its predecessor, this iPod has engraved the signatures of the four members of the band on its back, but this one was the first time the company changed the colour of the metal (not silver but black). This iPod was only available with 30GB of storage capacity.
The special edition entitled purchasers to an exclusive video with 33 minutes of interviews and performance by U2, downloadable from the iTunes Store. In September 2007, during a lawsuit with Burst.com, Apple drew attention to a patent for a similar device that was developed in 1979. Applied for a UK patent for his design of a 'plastic music box' in 1981, which he called the IXI. He was unable to secure funding to renew the US$120,000 worldwide patent, so it lapsed and Kramer never profited from his idea. The name iPod was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who (with others) was called by Apple to figure out how to introduce the new player to the public. After Chieco saw a prototype, he thought of the movie and the phrase 'Open the pod bay door,!' , which refers to the white of the spaceship.
Chieco saw an analogy to the relationship between the spaceship and the smaller independent pods in the relationship between a personal computer and the music player. Apple researched the trademark and found that it was already in use.
Grasso of had originally listed an 'iPod' trademark with the (USPTO) in July 2000 for. The first iPod kiosks had been demonstrated to the public in New Jersey in March 1998, and commercial use began in January 2000, but had apparently been discontinued by 2001.
The trademark was registered by the USPTO in November 2003, and Grasso assigned it to Apple Computer, Inc. The earliest recorded use in commerce of an 'iPod' trademark was in 1991 by Chrysalis Corp. Of Sturgis, Michigan, styled ' iPOD'. In mid-2015, several new color schemes for all of the current iPod models were spotted in the latest version of iTunes, 12.2. Belgian website Belgium iPhone originally found the images when plugging in an iPod for the first time, and subsequent leaked photos were found by Pierre Dandumont. On July 27, 2017, Apple removed the iPod Nano and Shuffle from its stores, marking the end of Apple producing standalone music players.
Currently, the iPod Touch is the only iPod produced by Apple. Hardware Chipsets and Electronics Chipset or Electronic Product(s) Component(s) Microcontroller iPod Classic 1st to 3rd generations Two 7TDMI-derived running at 90 MHz iPod Classic 4th and 5th generations, iPod Mini, iPod Nano 1st generation Variable-speed 7TDMI CPUs, running at a peak of 80 MHz to save battery life iPod Classic 6th generation, iPod Nano 2nd generation onwards, iPod Shuffle 2nd generation onwards, based around an. IPod Shuffle 1st generation D-Major STMP3550 chip running at 75 MHz that handles both the music decoding and the audio circuitry. IPod Touch 1st and 2nd generation ARM 1176JZ(F)-S at 412 MHz for 1st gen, 533 MHz for 2nd gen. IPod Touch 3rd and ARM Cortex A8 at 600 MHz for 3rd gen, 800 MHz for 4th gen. Four iPod wall chargers for, all made by Apple.
These have FireWire (left) and USB (right three) connectors, which allow iPods to charge without a computer. The units have been over time. Originally, a connection to the host computer was used to update songs or recharge the. The battery could also be charged with a power adapter that was included with the first four generations. The third generation began including a 30-pin, allowing for FireWire or connectivity. This provided better compatibility with non-Apple machines, as most of them did not have FireWire ports at the time. Eventually Apple began shipping iPods with USB cables instead of FireWire, although the latter was available separately.
As of the first-generation iPod Nano and the fifth-generation iPod Classic, Apple discontinued using FireWire for data transfer (while still allowing for use of FireWire to charge the device) in an attempt to reduce cost and form factor. As of the second-generation iPod Touch and the fourth-generation iPod Nano, FireWire charging ability has been removed. The second-, third-, and fourth-generation iPod Shuffle uses a single which acts as both a headphone jack or a USB data and charging port for the dock/cable.
The dock connector also allowed the iPod to connect to accessories, which often supplement the iPod's music, video, and photo playback. Apple sells a few accessories, such as the now-discontinued, but most are manufactured by third parties such as and Griffin. Some peripherals use their own interface, while others use the iPod's own screen. Because the dock connector is a proprietary interface, the implementation of the interface requires paying royalties to Apple. Apple introduced a new 8-pin dock connector, named, on September 12, 2012 with their announcement of the, the fifth-generation, and the seventh-generation, which all feature it. The new connector replaces the older 30-pin dock connector used by older iPods, iPhones, and iPads.
Apple Lightning cables have pins on both sides of the plug so it can be inserted with either side facing up. Bluetooth connectivity was added to the last model of the iPod Nano, and Wi-Fi to the iPod Touch. The 'Made for iPod' logo found on most classic iPod accessories Many accessories have been made for the iPod line. A large number are made by third party companies, although many, such as the, are made by Apple. Some accessories add extra features that other music players have, such as sound recorders, FM radio tuners, wired remote controls, and audio/visual cables for TV connections. Other accessories offer unique features like the pedometer and the iPod Camera Connector.
Other notable accessories include external speakers, wireless remote controls, protective case, screen films, and wireless earphones. Among the first accessory manufacturers were Griffin Technology,. Released the first iPod automobile interface, allowing drivers of newer BMW vehicles to control an iPod using either the built-in steering wheel controls or the radio head-unit buttons.
Apple announced in 2005 that similar systems would be available for other vehicle brands, including,. Offers standard iPod connectivity on all their cars., founded in 2006, sells 100 accessories ranging from protective covers to cases, screen protectors to armbands. Some independent stereo manufacturers including, and also have iPod-specific integration solutions.
Alternative connection methods include adapter kits (that use the cassette deck or the CD changer port), audio input jacks, and FM transmitters such as the —although personal FM transmitters are illegal in some countries. Many car manufacturers have added audio input jacks as standard.
Beginning in mid-2007, four major airlines, and, reached agreements to install iPod seat connections. The free service will allow passengers to power and charge an iPod, and view video and music libraries on individual seat-back displays. Originally and were reported to be part of the deal with Apple, but they later released statements explaining that they were only contemplating the possibility of incorporating such systems. This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged.
(October 2016) The iPod line can play several including MP3, /,. The iPod Photo introduced the ability to display, and image file formats. Fifth- and sixth-generation iPod Classics, as well as third-generation iPod Nanos, can additionally play and, with restrictions on video dimensions, encoding techniques and data rates. Originally, iPod software only worked with and; iPod software for was launched with the second-generation model. Unlike most other media players, Apple does not support 's audio format—but a converter for WMA files without (DRM) is provided with the version of iTunes.
Files also cannot be played, but can be converted to audio files using the 'Advanced' menu in iTunes. Alternative open-source audio formats, such as and, are not supported without installing custom firmware onto an iPod (e.g., ). During installation, an iPod is associated with one host computer. Each time an iPod connects to its host computer, iTunes can synchronize entire music libraries or music playlists either automatically or manually.
Song ratings can be set on an iPod and synchronized later to the iTunes library, and vice versa. A user can access, play, and add music on a second computer if an iPod is set to manual and not automatic sync, but anything added or edited will be reversed upon connecting and syncing with the main computer and its library. If a user wishes to automatically sync music with another computer, an iPod's library will be entirely wiped and replaced with the other computer's library. The signature iPods with color displays use graphics and text, with sliding animations.
All iPods (except the, the, and ) have five buttons and the later generations have the buttons integrated into the – an innovation that gives an uncluttered, minimalist. The buttons perform basic functions such as menu, play, pause, next track, and previous track. Other operations, such as scrolling through menu items and controlling the volume, are performed by using the click wheel in a rotational manner. The 3rd-generation does not have any controls on the actual player; instead it has a small control on the earphone cable, with volume-up and -down buttons and a single button for play and pause, next track, etc. The has no click-wheel; instead it uses a touch screen along with a home button, sleep/wake button and (on the second and third generations of the iPod Touch) volume-up and -down buttons. The user interface for the iPod Touch is identical to that of the.
Differences include the lack of a phone application. Both devices use. ITunes Store. Main articles: and The iTunes Store (introduced April 29, 2003) is an online media store run by Apple and accessed through iTunes.
The store became the market leader soon after its launch and Apple announced the sale of videos through the store on October 12, 2005. Full-length movies became available on September 12, 2006.
At the time the store was introduced, purchased audio files used the AAC format with added encryption, based on the DRM system. Up to five authorized computers and an unlimited number of iPods could play the files. Burning the files with iTunes as an audio CD, then re-importing would create music files without the DRM. The DRM could also be removed using third-party software.
However, in a deal with Apple, began selling DRM-free, higher-quality songs on the iTunes Stores, in a category called 'iTunes Plus.' While individual songs were made available at a cost of US$1.29, 30¢ more than the cost of a regular DRM song, entire albums were available for the same price, US$9.99, as DRM encoded albums. On October 17, 2007, Apple lowered the cost of individual iTunes Plus songs to US$0.99 per song, the same as DRM encoded tracks. On January 6, 2009, Apple announced that DRM has been removed from 80% of the music catalog, and that it would be removed from all music by April 2009.
IPods cannot play music files from competing music stores that use rival-DRM technologies like 's or ' DRM. Example stores include. RealNetworks claims that Apple is creating problems for itself by using FairPlay to lock users into using the iTunes Store.
Steve Jobs stated that Apple makes little profit from song sales, although Apple uses the store to promote iPod sales. However, iPods can also play music files from online stores that do not use DRM, such as. Decided not to renew their contract with the iTunes Store on July 3, 2007. Universal will now supply iTunes in an 'at will' capacity. Apple debuted the on September 5, 2007, in its Media Event entitled 'The Beat Goes On.'
This service allows users to access the Music Store from either an iPhone or an iPod Touch and download songs directly to the device that can be synced to the user's iTunes Library over a connection, or, in the case of an iPhone, the. Main articles: and Video games are playable on various versions of iPods. The original iPod had the game (originally invented by Apple's co-founder ) included as an hidden feature; later versions added it as a menu option. Later revisions of the iPod added three more games:, and Music Quiz. In September 2006, the began to offer additional games for purchase with the launch of, compatible with the with iPod software 1.2 or later.
Those games were:, Cubis 2, Golf,. Additional games have since been added.
These games work on the 6th and 5th generation iPod Classic and the 5th and 4th generation iPod Nano. With third parties like, and all making games for the iPod, Apple's MP3 player has taken steps towards entering the video game handheld console market. Even video game magazines like and have reviewed and rated most of their games as of late.
The games are in the form of files, which are actually archives in disguise. When unzipped, they reveal executable files along with common audio and image files, leading to the possibility of. Apple has not publicly released a (SDK) for iPod-specific development. Apps produced with the are compatible only with the on the iPod Touch and iPhone, which cannot run clickwheel-based games. File storage and transfer All iPods except for the iPod Touch can function in 'disk mode' as to store data files but this may not be the default behavior, and in the case of the iPod Touch, requires special software.
If an iPod is formatted on a Mac OS computer, it uses the file system format, which allows it to serve as a for a Mac computer. If it is formatted on Windows, the format is used. With the release of the Windows-compatible iPod, the default file system used on the iPod line switched from HFS+ to FAT32, although it can be reformatted to either file system (excluding the iPod Shuffle which is strictly FAT32). Generally, if a new iPod (excluding the iPod Shuffle) is initially plugged into a computer running Windows, it will be formatted with FAT32, and if initially plugged into a Mac running Mac OS it will be formatted with HFS+. Unlike many other MP3 players, simply copying audio or video files to the drive with a typical will not allow an iPod to properly access them. The user must use software that has been specifically designed to transfer media files to iPods, so that the files are playable and viewable. Usually iTunes is used to transfer media to an iPod, though are available on a number of different platforms.
ITunes 7 and above can transfer purchased media of the iTunes Store from an iPod to a computer, provided that computer containing the DRM protected media is authorized to play it. Media files are stored on an iPod in a hidden folder, along with a proprietary database file. The hidden content can be accessed on the host operating system by enabling to be shown. The media files can then be recovered manually by copying the files or folders off the iPod. Many third-party applications also allow easy copying of media files off of an iPod. Models and features. Main article: While the suffix 'Classic' was not introduced until the sixth generation, it has been applied here retroactively to all generic iPods for clarity.
Model Generation Image Capacity Connection Original release date Minimum OS to sync Rated battery life (hours) 1st 5, 10 GB October 23, 2001 Mac:, audio: 10 First model, with mechanical scroll wheel. 10 GB model released later. 2nd 10, 20 GB FireWire July 17, 2002 Mac: Win: audio: 10 wheel.
FireWire port had a cover. Hold switch revised. Windows compatibility through. 3rd 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 GB FireWire ( for syncing only) April 28, 2003 Mac: Win: audio: 8 First complete redesign with all-touch interface, dock connector, 4-pin remote connector and slimmer case. Musicmatch support dropped with later release of iTunes 4.1 for Windows. 4th 20, 40 GB FireWire or July 19, 2004 Mac: Win: audio: 12 Adopted Click Wheel from iPod Mini, added charging through USB in addition to FireWire. Photo: 30, 40, 60 GB FireWire or USB October 26, 2004 Mac: Win: audio: 15 slideshow: 5 color: 20, 60 GB June 28, 2005 Premium spin-off of 4th generation iPod with color screen, plus picture viewing.
Later reintegrated into main iPod line. 5th 30, 60, 80 GB USB (FireWire for charging only) October 12, 2005 Mac: Win: 30 GB audio: 14 video: 2 (later 3.5) 60/80 GB audio: 20 video: 3/6.5 Second full redesign with a slimmer case, and larger screen with video playback. Remote connector near the headphone jack was omitted as was syncing through FireWire.
Offered in black or white. Hardware and firmware updated with 60 GB model replaced with 80 GB model on September 12, 2006. 6th 80, 120, 160 GB USB (FireWire for charging only) September 5, 2007 Mac: Win: 80 GB audio: 30 video: 5 120 GB audio: 36 video: 6 160 GB 2007 model audio: 40 video: 7 2009 model audio: 36 video: 6 Introduced the 'Classic' suffix. New interface and anodized aluminum front plate.
Silver replaces white. In September 2008 the hardware and firmware was updated with a 120 GB model replacing the 80 GB model and the 160 GB model was discontinued. In September 2009, the 120 GB model was replaced with a 160 GB model.
Discontinued on September 9, 2014. 1st 4 GB USB or FireWire January 6, 2004 Mac: Win: audio: 8 New smaller model, available in 5 colors. Introduced the 'Click Wheel'.
2nd 4, 6 GB USB or FireWire February 22, 2005 Mac: Win: audio: 18 Brighter color variants with longer battery life. Click Wheel lettering matched body color. Gold color discontinued. Later replaced by iPod Nano. 1st 1, 2, 4 GB USB (FireWire for charging only) September 7, 2005 Mac: Win: audio: 14 slideshow: 4 Replaced.
Available in black or white and used flash memory. Color screen for picture viewing. 1 GB version released later. 2nd 2, 4, 8 GB USB (FireWire for charging only) September 12, 2006 Mac: Win: audio: 24 slideshow: 5 Anodized aluminum casing and 6 colors available.
3rd 4, 8 GB USB (FireWire for charging only) September 5, 2007 Mac: Win: audio: 24 video: 5 2' screen, colors refreshed with chrome back, new interface, video capability, smaller Click Wheel. 4th 4, 8, 16 GB USB September 9, 2008 Mac: Win: audio: 24 video: 4 Reverted to tall form factor and all-aluminum enclosure with nine color choices, added accelerometer for 'shake to shuffle' functionality and horizontal viewing.
4 GB model limited release in selected markets. 5th 8, 16 GB USB September 9, 2009 Mac: Win: audio: 24 video: 5 First iPod to include a video camera; also included a larger screen, FM radio, speaker, pedometer, and a polished exterior case while retaining similar colors to the 4th generation model.
6th 8, 16 GB USB September 1, 2010 Mac: Win: audio: 24 First iPod Nano to include multi-touch screen; clip from iPod Shuffle added. Video playback, speakers and camera removed. 7th 16 GB USB September 12, 2012 Mac: Win: audio: 30 video: 3.5 Reverted to tall form factor with larger 2.5' multi-touch screen.
Clip removed. Video playback restored and added. Replaced 30-pin dock connector with new connector. Discontinued July 27, 2017. 1st 512 MB, 1 GB USB (no adaptor required) January 11, 2005 Mac: Win: audio: 12 New entry-level model. Uses flash memory and has no screen. 2nd 1, 2 GB USB September 12, 2006 Mac: Win: audio: 12 Smaller clip design with anodized aluminum casing.
4 color options added later. Colors were changed in 2007 and 2008. 3rd 2, 4 GB USB March 11, 2009 Mac: Win: audio: 10 Smaller design with controls relocated to right earbud cable.
Introduced with two colors, and featured VoiceOver. More colors and 2 GB model added in September 2009. 4th 2 GB USB September 1, 2010 Mac: Win: audio: 15 Controls returned to the body of the iPod. Introduced with five colors, and featured VoiceOver.
Discontinued July 27, 2017. 1st 8, 16, 32 GB USB (FireWire for charging only) September 5, 2007 Mac: Win: audio: 22 video: 5 First iPod with and a interface. Features browser and wireless access to the.
32 GB model later added. 2.0 and access required an upgrade fee. 2nd 8, 16, 32 GB USB September 9, 2008 Mac: Win: audio: 36 video: 6 New tapered chrome back with functionality, volume buttons, and built-in speaker added. 2.0 and App Store access standard. Bluetooth support added but not made active until iOS 3.0, which required an upgrade fee. 3rd 32, 64 GB USB September 9, 2009 Mac: Win: audio: 30 video: 6 Updated to include the upgraded internals from the iPhone 3GS; included support and bundled remote earphones.
4th 8, 16, 32, 64 GB USB September 1, 2010 Mac: Win: audio: 40 video: 7 New thinner design including two cameras for and HD video recording, hold button moved to top right corner, similar to iPhone 4, chip. White-colored version added on October 4, 2011. 16, 32, 64 GB USB September 12, 2012 Mac: Win: audio: 40 video: 8 New aluminum design with colored case options. Featured improved cameras along with processor, Siri, and taller 4' Retina Display. First 16 GB models released have no color choices and no iSight camera, In early 2014 16 GB models were released that featured iSight cameras and color choices. 16, 32, 64, 128 GB USB July 15, 2015 Mac: Win: audio: 40 video: 8 Updated with a new lineup of six colors, a new 128 GB model, and improved internals. The improved internals feature new cameras and the processor with, 1 GB of RAM (twice the amount of the previous generation), and Wi-Fi.
Sources:, Patent disputes In 2005, Apple faced two lawsuits claiming by the iPod line and its associated technologies: Advanced Audio Devices claimed the iPod line breached its patent on a 'music jukebox', while a Hong Kong-based portfolio company called Pat-rights filed a suit claiming that Apple's FairPlay technology breached a patent issued to inventor Ho Keung Tse. The latter case also includes the online music stores of, RealNetworks, and Musicmatch as defendants. Apple's application to the for a patent on 'rotational user inputs', as used on the iPod interface, received a third 'non-final rejection' (NFR) in August 2005. Also in August 2005, one of Apple's main rivals in the MP3 player market, announced that it held a patent on part of the music selection interface used by the iPod line, which Creative Technology dubbed the 'Zen Patent', granted on August 9, 2005. On May 15, 2006, Creative filed another suit against Apple with the. Creative also asked the to investigate whether Apple was breaching U.S. Trade laws by importing iPods into the United States.
On August 24, 2006, Apple and Creative announced a broad settlement to end their legal disputes. Apple will pay Creative US$100 million for a paid-up license, to use Creative's awarded patent in all Apple products. As part of the agreement, Apple will recoup part of its payment, if Creative is successful in licensing the patent. Creative then announced its intention to produce iPod accessories by joining the Made for iPod program.
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