[RonBee]

Originally Posted by luciexoxo

Following his dream, Rubinstein went to Toshiba (Apple’s supplier in Japan) on February, 2001 to check if there were any possible hardware could be used to make a simplified music player. Astoundingly, the executives of Toshiba showed him a new invented small drive which was about 1.8 inches, but they did not know what it was for. According to Rubinstein’s knowledge on hardware, he abruptly got an idea on making a tiny music player.

Pursuing his dream, Rubinstein went to Toshiba (Apple’s supplier in Japan) in February, 2001 to check if there was any hardware that could be used to make a simplified music player. The executives of Toshiba showed him a new hard small drive which was about 1.8 inches wide, but they did not know what to do with it.From that Rubinstein got the inspiration for making a tiny music player.

Originally Posted by luciexoxo

With his brand new idea, Tony Fadell the engineer was hired to assist Rubinstein to create this formidable mini music player. Quickly, Fadell was then put in charge of a team of engineers and designers. The materials that they used were: a drive from Toshiba, a battery from Sony and some control chips from Texas. Later on, Phil Schiller the head of marketing introduced the scroll wheeler.

Tony Fadell, an engineer, was hired to assist Rubinstein to create this formidable mini music player. Fadell was then promptly put in charge of a team of engineers and designers. The materials that they used were: a hard drive from Toshiba, a battery from Sony and some control chips from Texas Instruments. Later on, Phil Schiller, the head of marketing, introduced the scroll wheel.

~R