Today, October 23, 2011, the iPod is 10 years old. It was seen by some people as a ridiculous product by a barely-hanging computer company. It cost $400, was only 5GB, and was only available on Macs. But over the last ten years, the iPod became a huge success and helped the spawn the products we know as the iPhone and the iPad.
There's no denying it helped to change the music industry, either. Apple created the iTunes music store, one of the first ways people could buy single tracks instead of paying $10+ for the whole album. Some people may bemoan the social aspect of going to a record store and talking about the newest Hüsker Dü album while buying it, but no one can deny the ease of sitting in your bed at 3AM and buying the same album on your iPod Touch. In minutes, the songs are on your iPod and you can listen easily.
No comments:
Post a Comment