Apple Inc unveiled its iPod portable player on October 23, 2001. The first iPod cost $399 when introduced. It had 5 GB of storage - worth about 1,000 songs - and only connected with Apple Mac computers.
When engineers working on the very first iPod completed the prototype, they showed it to Apple CEO Steve Jobs for his approval. He dropped the iPod in an aquarium and used the air bubbles to prove there was empty space and it could be made smaller.
The first iPod's price and Mac-only compatibility caused sales to be relatively slow until 2004.
The iPod Mini was the first version to come in different colors - a total of five.
The fifth generation iPod Nano was the first iPod to have a built-in camera.
When engineers working on the very first iPod completed the prototype, they showed it to Apple CEO Steve Jobs for his approval. He dropped the iPod in an aquarium and used the air bubbles to prove there was empty space and it could be made smaller.
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| 1st generation iPod. Rjcflyer@aol.com at English Wikipedia |
The first iPod's price and Mac-only compatibility caused sales to be relatively slow until 2004.
The iPod Mini was the first version to come in different colors - a total of five.
The fifth generation iPod Nano was the first iPod to have a built-in camera.
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| The iPod line as of 2014; from left to right: iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Touch |
Apple stopped selling the iPod Classic in 2014 and the Shuffle and Nano three years later. The sixth-generation 160GB iPod Classic was the last Apple product to use the original 30-pin dock connector and the distinctive Click Wheel.
On May 10, 2022, Apple discontinued the last of its iPod products, the iPod Touch, in effect ending the iPod product line as a whole.
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