Rob Spiegel,
Project Overview:
The first personal media player to feature integrated Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and web browser. The Rhapsody allowed on-the-fly purchasing of AOL/Time Warner music, videos, podcasts, as well as Real Networks, Rhapsody music stream. The ultra-low-power consumption, innovative capacitive touch interface and premium quality materials put this player ahead of the curve.
Technology:
- Streams music and video
- Hi-fidelity bluetooth wireless + FM Tuner
- “Simple click” tactile response capacitive touchpad
- First portable player independent of computer
- Web browser (Mini-Mo)
- Innovative capacitive touch pad with push tactile selection, Synapse innovation
- First simultaneous wi-fi and bluetooth streaming second generation hi-fi streaming A2DP on two separate 2.4ghz networks, with mac-layer arbitration on the data packets
Statistics:
- 30 GB HD/4GB flash memory
- 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth A2DP/AVRCP
- TPS65811 PMIC
- TPS6301 buck-boost
- TPS65810 Li+ battery manager
- MX31 Freescale multimedia processor
- Cypress PSOC true-touch control
