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8GB flash memory for 14.40 U.S. dollars, a small touch-sensitive display for $ 11.50 and a processor for $ 4.95 are built into Apple’s new iPod nano 6G. The remaining Klecker amounts rounded to the part list to 43.73 U.S. dollars. These then get $ 105 pure magic …

Bill of Material (BoM) is called such an overview to the art-interested, as now, in the case of the iPod nano 6G from iSuppli 1] published [, materialistic view of one of the dream factories of our world gives you. The iPod nano 4G, who was of the Keksformat his predecessor, again shot in the slim amount would, therefore “cost” even only 40.80 U.S. dollars, they say.

Needless to say, come to these very low material costs, nor those for development, programming, marketing, packaging and all the other stemmed hands along the supply chain. Perhaps most notably a listed non-competitive items of $ 1.37 for “manufacturing costs” is. Manufacture, the making by hand is probably the oldest approach to human industry dar. Involuntarily one thinks in a modern context of Meissen porcelain, tapestries on to Maybach and 1-EUR-jobs.

Do you remember the Sega Dreamcast? Who thought of this relic shed tears of sadness at the will of this bricolage of Japan 1] take pleasure [. The iPod nano, packed in a casing of a Virtual Memory Unit (VMU), fits well into its retro surroundings.

The display of the iPod Nano of the 6th Generation fits very well into the recess and provides a palpable improvement over the monochrome 1-bit module dar. few sections with the ultrasonic cutter were necessary to adapt the housing of the VMU and allow access to the earphones inside . A Youtube Video [2] shows the manufacturing process and a further [3] the finished hybrid system in use. Here, the photographs shown to the pop music of the craftsman certainly send mixed signals regarding the relationship with Apple.

The control buttons of the console Dinos are left without purely cosmetic function play a role.

On September introduced and already within five days available , should the iPod nano many early purchasers are pitched in already. Reason enough, we again briefly the applicable key combinations of the 6th iPod nano devote generation.

One video in Youtube disclosed that the iPod nano comes with already by previous generations known mode of testing various hardware functions and the review of the display allows diagnostic accuracy and can also restarted both and in the disk Fashion can be added. The key combinations include:

Reset: In order to restart the iPod nano, both the standby and the volume down together just over 7 seconds on hold.

Disk Mode: Perform a reset and when the iPod reboots, hold down both volume buttons.

Diagnsotic mode: Perform a reset and restart as soon as the iPod, volume buttons and the standby button both hold

Called iTerm, it is normally reserved for technicians from Apple, who use it for diagnostic operations when the equipment is returned to service after sale, it is possible to activate it fairly easily.

To do this, you need to restart holding the Walkman button and volume off until Apple logo appears on the screen, then hold down its three physical buttons. after a few seconds the message should appear “iTerm: iPod diplay Console”. We can then navigate the menus using the buttons dedicated to volume. Within this diagnostic mode, the iPod Nano 6G is found under the reference “N20 Snowfox” while the previous generation was called “N33 GreatDane.

It reveals also two options: the first is a prolonged standby, which is activated to extend the life of the battery after 14 hours of non-use of the player. The second mode is a “Disk”, which will mount the player as a USB drive on your Mac. We can not really use it to transfer files, this function is intended for technicians who must repair a device whose firmware has been corrupted. Photo and source of info, iLounge .

Want to check if your new player is working properly? iLounge has discovered that the 6G iPod Nano had a diagnostic mode to test one by one the features of the device, FM tuner at the touch screen via TV out.
Called iTerm, it is normally reserved for technicians from Apple, who use it for diagnostic operations when the equipment is returned to service after sale, it is possible to activate it fairly easily.
To do this, you need to restart holding the Walkman button and volume off until Apple logo appears on the screen, then hold down its three physical buttons. after a few seconds the message should appear “iTerm: iPod diplay Console”. We can then navigate the menus using the buttons dedicated to volume. Within this diagnostic mode, the iPod Nano 6G is found under the reference “N20 Snowfox” while the previous generation was called “N33 GreatDane.
It reveals also two options: the first is a prolonged standby, which is activated to extend the life of the battery after 14 hours of non-use of the player. The second mode is a “Disk”, which will mount the player as a USB drive on your Mac. We can not really use it to transfer files, this function is intended for technicians who must repair a device whose firmware has been corrupted. Photo and source of info, iLounge .

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