iPod changed the world in 2001 — before being killed by the iPhone

If the iMac saved Apple, the iPod that shipped on November 10, 2021 launched it into the stratosphere, changing this recovering computer firm into a giant one that revolutionized the music business.

You wanted an iPod so badly — image credit: Apple

We still have podcasts because of it, but otherwise if you see the word “iPod” now, you think it’s a typo and was supposed to be “iPad.” yet back on November 10, 2001, the first iPod went on sale, with its then extraordinary ability to store up to 1,000 songs, and changed the world.

That isn’t the hyperbole it sounds, since the iPod went on to be everywhere, owned by everyone, and those white earbuds became a fashion statement across the world. Plus at the same time, the iPod led to the iTunes Store, and it led to the total revamp of how music was sold.

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