The First iPod: Apple’s 2001 ‘1,000 Songs in Your Pocket’
Apple’s first iPod — announced October 23, 2001 and priced at $399 for 5 GB — put ‘1,000 songs in your pocket’ and set the template for portable media.
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The Zune: Five Years of a Bright, Brown Idea Microsoft Lost the War But Won the Argument
For five years, the Zune was the most colorful, the most social, and — to Apple fans — the most ridiculous music player Microsoft ever shipped. It also taught the design language that still runs on your Windows phone and Xbox. Here’s the whole story.
