ipod誕生秘話

ipod誕生にはPortalPlayerやPixoの助けを借りなければ，アップル一社だけでは無理だった。

"(PortalPlayer) was attractive to Apple because we had an operating system," said Knauss. "That was a real selling point for Apple. We had the software and the hardware already done, and Apple was on a tight schedule.

While the iPod has been praised for its sleek design and huge music storage capacity, it also has been applauded for its ease of use. And creating a user-friendly interface is not easy, said Paul Saffo, director of Menlo Park's Institute for the Future.
He said the fact that Apple went to Pixo suggests "that they tried it inside and failed."

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,64286,00.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/16/BUGTG878AR1.DTL