According to Appleinsider, in a new interview, Tony fadell talked about Steve Jobs's controversial decision to develop the iPod and iPhone** Tony fadell, known as the "father of iPod", recently accepted an interview with Jon fortt of CNBC to promote his new book "build: an unorthodox guide to making things worth making". The key member of the iPod and iPhone team shared more details about the development process.
Via iPod , Apple Want everyone to have access to the music player. However, Fa Dell said Steve Jobs initially refused to make iTunes available for PCs. Before that, the iPod device needs iTunes to activate and sync music to the device for playback.
Until fadell found a reporter Walt Mossberg to persuade jobs to make iTunes and windows Compatibility is the way to make music players attractive to the public. The former CEO accepted the proposal.
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Fadell also pointed out that FireWire is a special port for Mac, and its transmission speed is much faster than the more common USB. This makes FireWire the only connection system that meets the design concept of Apple's iPod "fast sync", which the team believes USB can't do.
The interview also discussed iPhone Problems with third-party applications on. Although developers hope to build the first apple smartphone in 2007( ) Develop native applications, but Apple initially only provided iPhone with web delivery applications running in Safari browser. Fadell said that Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, was a loyal supporter of the idea.
However, due to lower than expected iPhone sales, Steve Jobs believes that the local app provided by the app store is an important way to lock users in the apple ecosystem.
Recently, fadell posted a picture of several different iPod models on twitter. It shows that Cupertino technology giant considered the full screen [iPad] for more than a decade before launching the iPhone with a border display( https://apple.pvxt.net/c/1251234/435400/7639?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fcn%2Fipad%2F ) Nano - even before the release of the first iPhone.
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Fadell is also known for expressing concerns about smartphone addiction, saying he believes iPhone manufacturers should develop a way to combat unhealthy levels of device use.