Amaya Toman Ngo-Okthoba 26, 2004, i-Apple yethula i-iPod Photo yayo. Ngakho-ke abasebenzisi bathole idivayisi elingana nephakethe futhi enemisebenzi eminingi engagcinanga ngokugcina izingoma ezifika ku-15 ezahlukene, kodwa futhi ingabamba izithombe ezifika ezinkulungwaneni ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Kuphinde kwaba yimodeli ye-iPod yokuqala eyaba nesibonisi sombala esinekhono lokubonisa izithombe zedijithali namakhava e-albhamu. I-iPod Photo imake igxathu elikhulu eliya phambili emlandweni we-Apple mayelana nokusebenza kwesidlali somculo esiyisithonjana se-Apple. I-iPod Photo imele isizukulwane sesine sama-iPod, futhi yafika emhlabeni ngesikhathi lapho abadlali bomculo bakwa-Apple bejabulela ukuthandwa okukhulu phakathi kwabasebenzisi.
Isibonisi se-LCD esingamayintshi amabili i-LED-backlit LCD sivuse isasasa kubathengi. Ngaphezu kwalokhu, imodeli entsha ye-iPad iphinde yanikeza impilo yebhethri eyandisiwe noma ikhono lokuthumela izithombe kumabonakude ngezintambo ezikhethekile. Njengabanduleli bayo, i-iPod entsha ifakwe isondo lokulawula kanye neFireWire kanye namachweba we-USB 2.0. Yayitholakala ngenguqulo engu-40GB (ngama-$500) kanye nenguqulo engu-60GB (ngama-$600). Ngaphandle kwentengo ephezulu, ithengise kahle kakhulu, nesibonisi sombala esishiwo ngenhla siwumshayeli oyinhloko. Imenyu inikeze ukucaca okwengeziwe, abasebenzisi babike ukuthi i-Solitaire ekugcineni yayidlaleka ngempela ku-iPod. Imibhalo enezihloko zezingoma noma amagama omculi angalingananga esikrinini aye yakhishelwa phezu kwayo ukuze abasebenzisi bakwazi ukuyifunda ngokukhululeka.
I-iPod Photo ifakwe isibonisi se-LCD sombala esinokulungiswa kwamaphikseli angu-220 x 176 kanye nekhono lokubonisa imibala efika ku-65. Inikeze ukusekelwa kwefomethi ye-JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, ne-PNG, futhi yasebenzisa i-iTunes 536. Ibhethri lithembise ukufika kumahora ayishumi nanhlanu okudlalwa komculo namahora amahlanu okubuka imibukiso yesilayidi ngokudlalwa komculo ngenkokhiso eyodwa. Ngomhla zingama-4.7 kuNhlolanja wezi-23, izinguqulo ezingu-2005GB ze-iPod yesizukulwane sesine zathathelwa indawo imodeli encane neshibhile engu-40GB.
