When Did The iPod Come Out?

Music is a very important aspect in people's life. Even if you are home, at work, jogging, at gym or fishing, music completes all the segments of life. But you can't listen to music out loud everywhere. In some places you just got to keep the music for yourself, and what better way there is than an cute, funky, little iPod.

The iPod is brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Some ask when did the iPod come out. Well, it has been in our lives from October 23, 2001.



Apple Inc. offers a various range of iPods, from the hard drive-based iPod classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano to the compact iPod Shuffle.

iPod Classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other models use flash memory to enable their smaller size. As with many other digital music players, iPods can also serve as external data storage devices. Storage capacity varies by model.

At first the Apple Inc. corporation wasn't sure about the success that iPod would know. They were a little skeptical about this item being sold to a large number of people, but when the iPod came out was a shock for everyone.

As of September 2008, more than 173,000,000 iPods had been sold worldwide, making it the best-selling digital audio player series in history. The product was developed in less than one year and unveiled on 23 October 2001. Jobs announced it as a Mac-compatible product with a 5 GB hard drive that put "1,000 songs in your pocket". Apple contracted another company, Pixo, to help design and implement the user interface under the direct supervision of Steve Jobs.



At first, Apple Inc. wasn't sure abut the success that iPod would know. They were a little skeptical about this item being sold to a large number of people.

The name iPod was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, who was called by Apple to figure out how to introduce the new player to the public. After Chieco saw a prototype, he thought of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the phrase "Open the pod bay door, Hal!", which refers to the white EVA Pods of the Discovery One spaceship. Apple researched the trademark and found that it was already in use. Joseph N. Grasso of New Jersey had originally listed an "iPod" trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in July 2000 for Internet kiosks. The first iPod kiosks had been demonstrated to the public in New Jersey in March 1998, and commercial use began in January 2000, but had apparently been discontinued by 2001. The trademark was registered by the USPTO in November 2003, and Grasso assigned it to Apple Computer, Inc. in 2005.