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Apple considered launching a bezel-less iPod nano display more than a decade ago

IT House May 3 news, according to 9to5 Mac reported that Apple iPod nano launched in 2005, in its entire life cycle has undergone different iterations. Now, an executive in charge of creating the iPod is showing off some of the models created to explore the product's possibilities as he launches a new book called "Build An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making."

Apple considered launching a bezel-less iPod nano display more than a decade ago

Tony Fadell, a former senior vice president of Apple's iPod division, tweeted a picture of six different iPod nano models. As he explains, they are just 3D printed models, but they can be felt in the hand.

For example, the first model is pretty much the design of the fourth-generation iPod nano released in 2008, while some others look similar to the appearance of the first generation.

"What if the screen is so big? What if the pulleys are that big? What if there are no pulleys? ”

For example, one of the models is a full-screen iPod nano. One could say it's a bangless iPhone, but it's interesting to see Apple experiment with this design, even though it's just a virtual model.

Apple considered launching a bezel-less iPod nano display more than a decade ago

The story behind iPod nano is in a chapter of Fadell's new book. In a chapter titled "Making the Invisible Tangible," the former Apple executive says making the invisible tangible is "one of the most important parts of product development — even if you're not making hardware." ”

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