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On May 12, 2005, Bill Gates said Apple's time on top, thanks to the iPod, was limited due to the arrival of cellphones. He was half right.
On May 12, 2005, Bill Gates said Apple's time on top, thanks to the iPod, was limited due to the arrival of cellphones. He was half right.
On April 9, 2007, Apple sold its 100 millionth iPod. The landmark event confirms the iPod as Apple’s most popular product of all time.
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On February 20, 2004, Apple launched the iPod mini. The small, aluminum music player will go on to become the most popular iPod model yet.
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On February 12, 2012, a Special Merit Grammy Award honored Apple co-founder Steve Jobs his contributions to the field of music.
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On January 12, 2005, Apple reported record earnings, with iPod sales helping give the company a whopping 4x increase in profits.
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On January 8, 2004, the iPod+HP, a Hewlett-Packard-branded iPod, showed up at the Consumer Electronics Show looking ... blue!
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On November 14, 2006, Apple said it would team up with six airlines to make in-flight iPods an option for flyers' entertainment.
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On October 26, 2004, Apple debuted the iPod Photo, capable of putting not just 15,000 songs in your pocket, but also 25,000 photos.
On this day in 2001, Steve Jobs introduced the iPod, a portable device capable of storing an entire music library. A look at the iPod launch.
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On October 16, 2003, Apple said it would let PC users run iTunes on Windows. Steve Jobs didn't like the idea, but the strategy proved sound.
The iPod music player, a product that helped save Apple from its darkest days, rode off into the sunset on Tuesday.
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On September 7, 2005, Apple unveils the very first AirPods, the earbuds that'll go on the shake up the audio market.
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On September 5, 2007, Apple introduced its first post-iPhone iPods: the third-gen iPod nano, the iPod Classic and the iPod touch.
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On July 19, 2004, the fourth-gen iPod launch brought neat innovations to the popular audio device, including a Click Wheel interface.
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On July 15, 2015, Apple introduced the sixth version of its iPod touch music player. The super-skinny sixth-gen iPod touch rocked.
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