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Happy Birthday iPod!

Summary: Ten years old today!

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

By for Hardware 2.0 |

My, how you've changed!

From this, back in October of 2001 when you had that daft FireWire connector:

To this:

For the record, I've owned a second-generation iPod nano, a second-, third-, and fourth-generation iPod shuffle, and a first-generation iPod touch. Before owning my first iPod, I owned a lot of junk MP3 players. I remember a Creative ZEN Nano that ate a AAA battery every 18 hours.

Hey, iPod ... do me a favor, kick your older brother's butt into line will you. While you've grown up to be nice and respectable, iTunes has turned absolutely feral!

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(Image credits: Wikimedia Commons)

Topics: Mobility, Apple, Hardware

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  • RE: Happy Birthday iPod!

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    kdgilih
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  • iPods are becoming more niche products, but they will not go away even in

    ... ten years since smartphones will be bigger and heavier anyway. iPod nanos will be needed.
    DDERSSS
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    • Android phones remind me of a 59 Cadilac.

      @DeRSSS

      Bigger and bigger tailfins. The Nexus Prime is ridiculous in its size.
      Bruizer
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      • RE: Happy Birthday iPod!

        @Bruizer
        That is a good comparison. 59 Cadillac :D
        Ram U
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  • RE: Happy Birthday iPod!

    Here is my 2 cents on the future of iPods. Touch versions will be the main stay iPods. iPod sales will shrink and saturate to a small number except during holiday season. The drop in iPod sales will be more than compensated by the iPod that can talk just like now :) Check the comparison of iPod and iPhone sales number together here
    http://buzzintechnology.com/2011/10/apple-ipod-celebrates-10th-anniversary/

    For the history buffs, Apple has a special website on iPod history
    http://www.apple.com/pr/products/ipodhistory
    rna2
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  • RE: Happy Birthday iPod!

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  • RE: Happy Birthday iPod!

    Thanks Adrian for the acknowledgement of the iPod???s birthday. It seems like only yesterday, but then for Doc yesterday seems like ten years ago. I still love my iPod and use it all the time. Sad to hear it may be discontinued, but a sign of the times, for sure.
    http://www.zdnet.com/blog/doc
    DocuMentor (Doc)
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  • RE: Happy Birthday iPod!

    I still love my iPod and use it all the time.
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