The iPod Turns Seven

Wired has a nice piece about the seventh anniversary of the iPod launch. At the time, it looked nice but not at all game-changing, which of course turned out to be an illusion.

“Despite some conspicuous flaws—a wonky scroll wheel, no Windows compatibility, short battery life and a whopping $400 price tag—this innocuous-looking device was indeed a game-changer.”

Sales eventually took off in earnest, but it took a while; for example, it took Apple until 2004 to sell one million iPods.

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