Apple iPod with Video and WiFi Capabilities? 225
An anonymous reader writes "Apple is currently seeking an engineer for its iPod hardware division. However, they are not looking for just any engineer. They are seeking an engineer with WiFi and Video integration experience. 'The iPod group is looking for a Hardware Engineer. Experience in the following areas is important: system integration, digital logic, SDRAM, Flash, ASIC's, processor selection, ATAPI, various communication protocols (ie: GSM, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11, Firewire, and USB), display types and video and analog integration.'"
job requirements can lie (Score:5, Informative)
Obviously Apple knows their job announcements are scrutinized, and it wouldn't surprise me if they were casting a broader net than they need to be, as insurance against future needs that may or may not materialize.
Re:it shows you that... (Score:5, Informative)
I usually don't reply to ACs, but the Objective-C bashing is just ignorant. Objective-C is not used much outside of the Mac OS X development community, but that does not make it a bad language. I've programmed fairly extensively in it, and I can say that it is a truly incredible language that makes tasks really simple. It is a true object oriented language (everything inherits from NSObject) yet you still get to keep pointers, which gives you a lot of power as well. It has the power of C++ and the ease of use of Java or C#.
I have yet to meet anyone with significant experience in Objective-C who can say they dislike the language.
better coverage (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Slashdot's posting help wanted ads now? (Score:4, Informative)
Here are the jobs:
Hardware System Integrator - iPod [apple.com]
Hardware System Integrator - iPod [apple.com]
Hardware System Integrator - iPod SPG [apple.com]
Now, how easy would that have been for the slashdot editors to check? Took me about 1 minute.
Does no one else have an Apple ID? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Slashdot's posting help wanted ads now? (Score:5, Informative)
It has more details on the source of the rumor, and this is very old news that's been spreading around the web for a week. It was also on Macrumors and several other sites last week.
Jason
ProfQuotes [profquotes.com]
Re:Slashdot's posting help wanted ads now? (Score:5, Informative)
The listings did, in fact, say bluetooth and 802.11 just a week ago when i checked it.
Old news (Score:1, Informative)
Slashdot is falling wayyyyyyy behind the times. Guys, this "news" is almost 3 weeks old.
more likely ... (Score:3, Informative)
If this link/posting was indeed true, I would think this would be more for someone working on the video version of the airport express base station, as the audio/WiFi version is already out there.
Little steps at a time folks, little steps ...