Gigaom: This week, the Wall Street Journal reported on a possible delay in iPod production because of the shuttering of a polymer manufacturing facility, owned by Kureha Corp., near the Japanese earthquake’s epicenter. As the WSJ reported, the polymer in question is called polyvinylidene fluoride, or PVDF. PVDF is used as a binder in lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. The WSJ says Kureha owns 70 percent of the PVDF market. (This surprised me, but I trust the WSJ.)
in 2005, Cupertino adopted a "special assignment" to help the US Department of Energy in developing a top-secret iPod which had a special but hidden function.
Released in late 2001, about eight months after the arrival of iTunes, the original Apple iPod music player featured a mini version of the game Breakout.
Miss the days of the iPod? Want to turn your iPhone into one? That's possible with the Rewound music player app.
