A Trip Down Memory Lane: Unboxing Retro Gadgets with Lou
Lou is back with another video, and as you can tell, he's not in his usual studio environment because today we're going to take a trip down memory lane together in this completely unusual virtual reality space. We're going to look at retro gadgets, important gadgets in Lou's life, old school unboxings where the cameras weren't turned on. We're going to take a trip down memory lane, maybe even inside Lou's mind – I know it sounds crazy, but pick up your phones and take a look around because you can move around this space.
Let's kick it off with our very first retro gadget: the iPod mini. Please place it right here in front of us. This is an important gadget in my life, and many of yours as well. The iPod mini was the shrunk-down version of the revolutionary iPod that completely changed the game in both tech and music. So, let's jump inside the box and take a closer look at the iPod mini Circa 2004.
Just like just like the first day it was ever opened, oh this thing also worked on both Mac and for the first time ever Windows – people being taken care of by Steve Jobs that was a big thing, very big thing. All right, so inside the box, you were first greeted with the actual iPod and look at that; it's in gold color – long before there was ever such a thing as a gold iPhone, even to this day, you can tell that design language; it keeps up, it holds up. I mean, some people could even make the argument that this thing is better looking than some of the modern stuff we look at today.
The shapes, aluminum anodized – it came in a few different colors, actually, and of course, the important click wheel on the front. Now, you guys want to take a closer look at this; please Jack represented in this location right here, thank you very much. All right, inspect that more closely as I move along. You can see here you have the classic 30-pin connector on the bottom – that of course has changed a number of times leading up to modern devices. And on the top, you had this unusual headphone jack – Apple, a headphone jack in a device this big; where's it at on the iPhone 7? Huh? And then there's also this hold switch right here.
So, this was important if you stuck this thing in your pocket, you could very quickly put it on hold so that you couldn't accidentally hit buttons but your pocket wasn't the only place that you could keep an iPod mini. No, because they gave you a very fashionable clip – belt clip now; Jack I want you to show them this as well. Okay, put it over here in fact actually get rid of this one; look at this clip. This was important not just so that you could have a secure place to keep your new and expensive iPod but also so you could show the world that you were high-tech that you had the iPod mini, and you weren't using those oldfashioned cassette players anymore.
Now, let's take a look at this wonderful sound that the click wheel used to make when you scroll – listen, listen very carefully; oh my goodness how perfect is that. But that's basically how the navigation worked; you could move through it like this – this is pre-touch screen, this is pre-iPhone right. So, you can move between music and settings in such a fashion by hitting the middle button to jump into the next menu, very intuitive for the time.
Inside the box, you also had this look at the size of this power brick in comparison to the actual iPod mini – that's really amazing. You could power up an entire laptop with something this size, and it also featured a FireWire connector and a FireWire cable now; youngsters out there, you have no idea about FireWire at all give them a closer look. Put this right here; look at this connector that was the key to all of your dreams back in the day not just to charge your iPod but for video editing – most video cameras had this connector; it was called FireWire 400 – it was super complicated at the time but it was fast and it was reliable.
So, there you have it – the iPod mini, a super-innovative product for its time coming out in 2004, storing a thousand songs on it if you were a kid back then, and this was under your Christmas tree; you were a happy camper.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys Lou here back with another video and as you can tell I'm not in my usual Studio environment that's because today we're going to take a trip down memory lane together in this completely unusual virtual reality space we're going to look at retro gadgets important Gadgets in my life old school unboxings where the cameras weren't turned on we're going to take a trip down memory lane maybe a trip inside my mind I know it sounds crazy but pick up your phones take a look around because you can move around this space so let's kick it off with our very first retro Gadget Jack please place it right here the iPod mini of course an important Gadget in my life and many of yours as well this was the shrunk down version of the Revolutionary iPod that completely changed the game in both Tech and and music so let's jump inside the box and take a closer look at the iPod mini Circa 2004 o just just like just like the first day it was ever open oh this thing also worked on both Mac and for the first time ever Windows people being taken care of by Steve Jobs that was a big thing very big thing all right so Inside the Box you were first greeted with the actual iPod and look at that in the gold color long before there was ever such a thing as a gold iPhone and even to this day you can tell that that design language it keeps up it holds up I mean some people could even make the argument that this thing is better looking than some of the modern stuff we look at the shapes aluminum anodized it came in a few different colors actually and of course the important click wheel on the front now you guys want to take a closer look at this so please Jack represented in this location right here thank you very much all right inspect that more closely as I move along you can see here you have have the classic 30 pin connector on the bottom that of course has changed a number of times leading up to Modern devices and on the top you had this unusual headphone jack how about that Apple a headphone jack in a device this big where's it at on the iPhone 7 huh and then there's also this hold switch right here so this was important if you stuck this thing in your in your pocket you could very quickly put it on hold so that you couldn't accidentally hit buttons but your pocket wasn't the only place that you could keep an iPod mini no because they gave you oh yes a very fashionable clip belt clip now Jack I want you to show them this as well okay put it over here in fact actually get rid of this one look at this clip this was important not just so that you could have a secure place to keep your new and expensive iPod but also so you could show the world that you were high-tech that you had the iPod mini and you weren't using those oldfashioned cassette players anymore now this thing is booted up and I just want you guys to appreciate this wonderful sound that the click wheel used to make when you scroll listen listen very carefully oh my goodness how perfect is that but that's basically how the navigation work you could move through it like this this is pre-touch screen this is pre- iPhone right so you can move between music and settings in such a fashion hit the middle button in order to jump into the next menu very intuitive for the time now also Inside the Box you had this look at the size of this power brick in comparison to the actual iPod mini that's really amazing you could power up an entire laptop with something this size and it also featured a fire wire connector and a FireWire cable now you youngsters out there you have no idea about fire wire at all give them a closer look put this right here look at this connector that was the key to all of your dreams back in the day not just to charge your iPod but for video editing most video cameras had this connector it was called firewire 400 it was super complicated at the time but it was fast and it was reliable so there you have it the iPod mini a super Innovative product for its time coming out in 2004 and storing a thousand songs on it if you were a kid back then and this was under your Christmas tree you were a happy camper all right leave a comment down below let me know which retro Gadget you want to see on an upcoming future video of this futuris ISC unboxing experience and trust me there will be more\n"
