Apple's First iPod

Apple is a large company that offers phones, laptops, earphones, watches, smart pens, and mp3 players. Apple first released an mp3 player, called an iPod, in October of 2001. The iPod was available in white only, and in 5GB and 10GB of storage. Depending on which capacity, it could hold 1,000-2,000 songs, and was priced from $399-$499. The battery on the iPod lasted for 10 hours. In the first 2 months, Apple sold 25,000 iPods.

Apple was not the first to put out an mp3 player. Despite other companies already launching mp3 players, Apple's iPod was looked at as the best one on the market. The iPod was the start of Apple's sleek design that they are known for with all of their products. The iPod also led to the creation of iTunes. Prior to iTunes, listeners had to burn songs onto the iPod from CD's. iTunes allowed for listeners to download their music straight from the app and put it onto the iPod. 

Fast forward to 2020, 19 years after the launch of Apple's first iPod. The most recent iPod that has been released is the 7th Generation iPod Touch. It was released in May of 2019 and is available in the colors Pink, Red, Gray, Silver, Gold, Blue, and Red. They are also sold in three different storage capacities, 32GB, 128GB, and 256GB. The price of the iPod ranges from $199-$399. It can hold 8,000-33,000 songs, and has a battery life up to 40 hours. In direct comparison to the first iPod, just a few of the changes we can see superficially are the cameras both on the front and back of the device, the touchscreen display, all of the different apps that can be used on the mp3 player, and countless more advancements. 

When we think of all of the changes and advancements that have been made in the technology industry, we think of how we went to cassette tapes and records, to CD players, and VHS tapes to DVDs and then to streaming. W tend to overlook the enormous changes that occur, even within just a single company, and even just a singular product. In 19 years, we can see the immense changes and differences between Apple's first iPod and their most recent one. iPods are not as popular now due to Apple's iPhone's capability to do everything that the iPod can do, as well as everything a phone can do. Apple is a great representation of the technological advances that we have seen in just the past 19 years, and a foreshadowing of the great things that have yet to come in the technological world.


https://www.cnet.com/pictures/the-complete-history-of-apples-ipod/
https://www.lifewire.com/history-ipod-classic-original-2000732
https://www.apple.com/ipod-touch/specs/