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Apple Gen3 iPod Touch
Media Player/PDA

Full Product Teardown Report

Product Description The third-generation Apple iPod Touch has a 3.5-inch, 480 x 320 pixel display overlaid with a multi-touch capacitive touchscreen. Along with running the range of applications available through Apple’s iTunes store, the music player handles a variety of file formats, including AAC, protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV. The Shake-to-Shuffle feature allows you to move to another song in the library by simply shaking the iPod. An integrated video player handles MPEG-4/H.264 files and JPEG, BMP, GIF, and TIFF still image formats are also supported. The integrated WiFi 802.11b/g provides internet connectivity and stereo Bluetooth for wireless audio is featured. A full battery charge provides for a claimed 30 hours of music or 6 hours of video playback. The device is available in capacities of 8GB, 32GB, & 64GB, the latter of which is analyzed in this report. Accessories include headphones with volume control, USB cable, and docking base.

Product Teardown Report Description A Product Teardown report is a detailed product disassembly analysis that examines the latest personal electronics and provides unique construction, benchmarking, and cost data in a highly-digestible and graphics-rich format. The products are torn down using propietary methods developed at TechInsights to provide a disassembly report with a multi-disciplinary "system view."

Product Teardown Report Content

Product Teardown / Disassembly Report Contents:

* Detailed external and internal photos
* Detailed step-by-by step teardown photo sequence
* Simplified Block Diagram
* Power measurements
* Circuit board and packaging metrics
* Complete parts lists and component count
* Manufacturing cost analysis
* Description of most interesting features of system architecture and component technologies


Product Teardown Report Value View us as a wide-angle lens on the personal electronics landscape. We don't replace your expertise and insight, but rather amplify your capabilities and knowledge. Quantitative and qualitative information resources let you answer business-critical questions:

* What enabling electronics technologies are being developed and how will they affect end-products?
* How are my competitors designing with new technologies?
* How does my company compare in competitive benchmarking?
* What technology opportunities are implied from trends in product implementation?
* How will the product features that users want affect our design and technology decisions?


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Date Published:
  November 2009

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