Apple iPod team seeks Wi-Fi engineer

[Mac Reporter]

Apple is looking for two iPod hardware engineers both with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi experience, opening the possibility that the portable music player may be upgraded with wireless connectivity.

The job applications were posted on behalf of Apple's iPod division and calls for candidates with "a consumer electronics background dealing with high volume, low power, high quality products".

The iPod is certainly a good candidate itself for wireless connectivity. Its PDA-style synchronisation with not only iTunes but Apple's own PIM apps suits it to quick wireless data transfers. Bluetooth is probably not a suitable alternative to Firewire or USB 2.0, but Wi-Fi would be.

But we suspect Apple has its eye on wireless not as an alternative to the cable connecting the iPod to a host Mac or PC, but to equip the device with the tools needed to communicate remotely with said host and Apple's AirPort Express music-routing Wi-Fi access point.

Read more at The Register.

[CooLes]

Perfect I do hope the 5th gen iPod would have WiFi built-in.

[Arel]

A 60 GB BT- & WiFi-enabled iPod would really be revolutionary!

Do hope the additional features won't increase the size of the iPod.

[Edited on 8-26-2004 by Arel]

[jepaz]

I hope not or it will not be true to their words that iPod is becoming thinner with each new generation though.