Record 010 · Electronics · 2001
50%01.10.E
Apple iPod (1st generation)
Apple
“The scroll wheel and iTunes that made digital music feel inevitable.”
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.
~450 million iPods across the line
- Click wheel UX
- iTunes library model
- White earbuds as cultural signal
1,000 songs in your pocket.
