File 001 · Category Openers
Record 010 · Electronics · 2001
01.10.EApple iPod (1st generation)
Apple
“The scroll wheel and iTunes that made digital music feel inevitable.”
1,000 songs in your pocket.
Not first MP3 player. Combination of 5 GB miniature HDD, FireWire sync, and later iTunes Store (2003) ended the Walkman era and funded Apple's second act.
Filed notes
- Click wheel UX
- iTunes library model
- White earbuds as cultural signal
Units. ~450 million iPods across the line
SIC
3651
Household Audio and Video Equipment
NAICS
334310
Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing
