Introduced the "Click Wheel".īrighter color variants with longer battery life. New smaller model, available in 5 colors. Newer-generation iPods have since adopted color displays. The click wheel is now also used in the fourth, fifth and sixth generation iPods and the iPod Nano, from first generation through the fifth however, in the Nano and 5G iPods onwards, the click wheel used was developed by Apple.Ībove the wheel was a monochrome 138x110 LCD that displayed a menu or information about the selected track. Like its predecessors, the wheel was developed for Apple by Synaptics. To use one of the four buttons, the user physically pushes the edge of the wheel inward over one of the four labels. However, instead of the four touch buttons located above the wheel, the buttons were redesigned as mechanical switches beneath the wheel itself-hence the name click wheel. The iPod Mini used the touch-sensitive scroll wheel of the third generation iPod. The iPod Mini was discontinued on Septemafter 1 year of being made, and was replaced by the iPod Nano. While it was in production, it was one of the most popular electronic products on the market, with consumers often unable to find a retailer with the product in stock.
A second generation version was announced on February 23, 2005, and released immediately. It was announced on January 6, 2004, and released on February 20 of the same year. While it was sold, it was the midrange model in Apple's iPod product line. The iPod Mini (stylized and marketed as the iPod mini) is a discontinued, smaller digital audio player that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc.
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