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  Timeline of Apple iPod

  Prasad Naik, Sep 29, 2009 1918 hrs IST

  The evolution of the world's best-selling music player

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2001

The one that started it all, the first generation iPod was launched on October 23, 2001. The first generation iPod had a design that isn't far from the current iPod classic. The original iPod had a 5 GB hard disk which could store up to 1000 songs. The iPod had the revolutionary Click Wheel, which really was a physically rotating wheel back then with the playback buttons placed around the circumference of the wheel.

The original iPod had a 160 x 128 pixel monochrome LCD display. The iPod used the Firewire interface to connect with the computer, which was much faster than the USB 1.1 interface available back then. And speaking of computer, the first generation iPod only worked with a Mac and Windows users were out of luck. The iPod was launched at a price of $399 (approx. Rs. 19,000) and was available in the distinctive white color, with matching white earbuds.

 

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