Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "IPod" in Malay language version.
While describing the player, Jobs constantly referred to Apple's digital hub strategy: The Mac is a hub, or central connection point, for a host of gadgets. This prompted Chieco to start thinking about hubs: objects that other things connect to. The ultimate hub, Chieco figured, would be a spaceship. You could leave the spaceship in a smaller vessel, a pod, but you'd have to return to the mother ship to refuel and get food. Then Chieco was shown a prototype iPod, with its stark white plastic front. "As soon as I saw the white iPod, I thought 2001," said Chieco. "Open the pod bay door, Hal!" Then it was just a matter of adding the "i" prefix, as in "iMac."
While describing the player, Jobs constantly referred to Apple's digital hub strategy: The Mac is a hub, or central connection point, for a host of gadgets. This prompted Chieco to start thinking about hubs: objects that other things connect to. The ultimate hub, Chieco figured, would be a spaceship. You could leave the spaceship in a smaller vessel, a pod, but you'd have to return to the mother ship to refuel and get food. Then Chieco was shown a prototype iPod, with its stark white plastic front. "As soon as I saw the white iPod, I thought 2001," said Chieco. "Open the pod bay door, Hal!" Then it was just a matter of adding the "i" prefix, as in "iMac."
