公开(公告)号：HK1092932A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-16

申请号：HK06113637

申请日：2006-12-12

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HODGE ANDREW BERT ,  BAR-NAHUM GUY ,  LABROSSE JEAN-PAUL

IPC: G11B20090101 ,  G11B5/55 ,  G11B19/04 ,  G11B33/08

Abstract: An improved media player and a method for operating a portable computing device (e.g., media player) are disclosed. According to one aspect, a portable computing device is able to protect its disk drive when being subjected to undesired levels of acceleration. The portable computing device protects its disk drive by monitoring for such accelerations and operating to avoid usage of the disk drive during periods of acceleration. Through such protection, the likelihood of damage to the disk drive or loss of data stored on the disk drive is able to be substantially reduced. According to another aspect, a user of a portable computing device can be alerted when the portable computing device is being subjected to undesirable levels of acceleration.