The prototype of the first iPod had a giant dimensions. This is reported in the blog Panic.
The first version of the original Apple player on his blog opened the Sasser Cable Collector (Cabel Sasser). Judging by the photo, the device is in a protective case of yellow, which should hide the design of the first iPod. Case is several times the resulting player in size. The prototype has four buttons that match the directions for navigating in the menu. Also, the device has received the wheels to control playback.
Also in the prototype, the monochrome display and the device for diagnosing and controlling the device also built. According to the device in the photo of the Sasser cable, the design of the device was saved secretly to the announcement of the player.
Sasser noted that the prototype presented is extremely rare. The collector showed him in honor of the announcement of the first iPod, which took place 20 years ago.
The original iPod with the physical control wheel was presented on October 23, 2001. The device obtained a capacity of 5 and 10 gigabytes, support for WAV, AIFF, MP3, AAC formats, autonomy to 12 hours. The player was one of the most popular products of Apple.
Previously, the organizers of the Bonhams auction house put on the auction of the rare prototype of Apple tablet. The device was created by the company between 1993 and 1995, but the device eventually abolished the head of the Corporation of Steve Jobs.