

And soon after that first iPod, they held not just a thousand but thousands and thousands of songs. The iPod wasn't the first MP3 player, but it soon became the most ubiquitous one, a fact that was easy to spot from the white earbuds that became their symbol of sorts, appearing on nearly everyone on the street and silhouetted in Apple's own ads.įor over a decade after, Apple released more iPods than you probably even realized and maybe even some you forgot you had.


"One thousand songs in your pocket." That's what Steve Jobs said as he pulled the first iPod out of his jeans pocket on October 23, 2001.
