20 years ago today, Apple unveiled the first-ever iPod"With iPod, listening to music will never be the same again."
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Apple's iPod turns 20 today.
Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPod on October 23, 2001.
At the time he said "With iPod, listening to music will never be the same again."
Today marks the 20 year anniversary of Apple's iPod, announced by Steve Jobs on October 23, 2001.
At a small event in 2001, Apple's co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs told an audience that Apple had "invented a whole new category of digital music player that lets you put your entire music collection in your pocket and listen to it wherever you go", claiming that "With iPod, listening to music will never be the same again."
Apple's first iPod let you store 1,000 CD-quality songs on its 5GB hard drive, transferred using a built-in FireWire port. Transferring 1,000 songs took "less than 10-minutes", and Apple boasted 20 minutes of shock protection for the hard drive so that you could use the iPod while running, biking, or exercising.
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20 years ago today, Apple unveiled the first-ever iPod
