It is exactly seventeen years since the then CEO of the company Apple Steve Jobs on the stage Apple The Town Hall in Cupertino, California presented the world's first ever iPod - a device that fit in the palm of your hand and contained a complete music library. The iPod was the company's hope back then Apple to return back to earning power.
Apple's iPod was certainly neither the first nor the only handheld music player in the world. Steve Jobs but he nevertheless confidently called it a quantum leap in technology and highlighted three main advantages: ultraportability, legendary appThe iPod was an MP3 player, offering CD-quality music and playing most popular formats. audio files. “This is big,” Jobs said at the time.
"How many times have you gone on a trip with your CD player and thought, 'Oh my God, I didn't bring the CD I wanted to listen to.'"chat'? Having your entire music library with you at all times is a quantum leap in music listening. The best thing about iPod is that your entire library fits right in your pocket. That was never possible before."
The first generation iPod was accompanied by an advertising slogan emphasizing that thanks to it you could fit a thousand songs in your pocket. The disc of the first iPod had a capacity of 5GB, its price started at 399 dollars and the player lasted an average of ten hours of playback. It had a black and white LCD display and a characteristic click wheel for control.
iPods later saw many improvements and new versions:
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He started after the release of the first iPod Apple produce new versions on an annual basis. Among the most prominent are, for example, the iPod Photo from 2004, with which a color display made its debut. In 2005, the tiny iPod nano and the even smaller iPod shuffle were born. In 2007, the company Apple released the larger and "thick" iPod nano and the first iPod touch.
Nowadays, the iPod has kind of fallen into oblivion, and people tend to use iPhones and iPads to play media content on the go. Apple it "retired" the iPod nano and iPod shuffle in July of last year, reducing the entire product line to a single model, the iPod touch. The iPod touch last received an update in 2015, and it looks like it will be phasing out the entire product line. The iPod is nevertheless on official website Applu still on sale and its price here starts at 6090 crowns.
Are you an iPod owner? What model do you have and how does it fit you?
Still Alive 🙂
The golden age Apple. Years like that and advice works.
The iPod Shuffle is still the best thing for me to listen to music while running. Even laces are attached to the shoes :-)