Apple unveiled the first iPod on Oct. 23, 2001 at an occasion in Cupertino, Calif. The machine was capable of maintain 1,000 songs.
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Apple unveiled the first iPod on Oct. 23, 2001 at an occasion in Cupertino, Calif. The machine was capable of maintain 1,000 songs.
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It’s formally been 20 years since Apple introduced the upcoming launch considered one of their most iconic merchandise: the iPod.
The firm unveiled the first model of its handheld music participant to the world on Oct. 23, 2001 and it went on sale the following month. With the slogan “1,000 songs in your pocket,” the first-generation iPod was fast to seize the public’s consideration and was the companion to the newly unveiled iTunes, the digital music software program that ushered in a brand new period of how folks hearken to music. Apple went on to promote greater than 400 million iPods, based on The New York Times.
When Steve Jobs rejoined Apple in 1997 after a 12-year absence, the firm was on the verge of shedding all of it, however the iPod, which NPR described in 2009 as a “quantum leap in listening,” is considered one of the merchandise that turned issues round.
Though ubiquitous smartphones have largely changed moveable units solely devoted to music, Apple nonetheless sells one product beneath the iPod identify: the iPod contact.
