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Enjoying a Decade of Portable Entertainment

By Seow Tein Hee - 16 Apr 2009

Timeline: 2001

2001


  • While Napster was facing the lawsuit that would dramatically change the face of online music distribution, Apple created a stirring presence with its iPod in the year 2001, making it a force to be reckoned with. Starting off with its 1st generation iPod Classic released on 23rd October 2001, the iPod brand came with 5GB worth of storage capacity (and 10GB at a later time) that catered up to thousands of tracks in the device. But what really brought the iPod out into the limelight was its design factor that was trendy and an interface that worked, creating a niche market amongst Apple users.

Apple stirs up the digital audio player with the introduction of their first generation iPod, which will see a whole lot of changes in the next few years.

  • Winamp and Windows Media Player were predominantly Windows-based audio players for the PC, and with Apple stepping into the arena, the company also saw the inception of their very own audio player for the Macintosh platform, iTunes. Undoubtedly, the introduction of iTunes to synchronize with your iPod is one of the main conveniences for the Apple user, but in time to come, the iTunes platform would play a big role when it comes to online music distribution.

And on the software front, 2001 was also the year when iTunes version 1.0 came into being, paving the way for Apple users to synchronize their iPods with their Macintosh, and in the future, with their Windows PC.

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