iPod Boy » First generation iPod http://ipod-boy.info iPod Boy Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:59:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 First generation iPod http://ipod-boy.info/2012/05/21/first-generation-ipod/ http://ipod-boy.info/2012/05/21/first-generation-ipod/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:23:07 +0000 admin http://ipod-boy.info/?p=9 Apple introduced the first-generation iPod classic on October 23, 2001. The first iPod featured a 5 GB hard drive capable of storing 1,000 songs encoded using MP3 and was priced at US$399. Among the iPod’s innovations were its small size, achieved using a 1.8″ hard drive, whereas its competitors were using 2.5″ hard drives at the time, and its easy-to-use navigation, which was controlled using a mechanical scroll wheel, a center select button, and 4 auxiliary buttons around the wheel. The iPod had a rated battery life of 12 hours.

On March 20, 2002, Apple introduced a 10 GB model of the iPod classic for US$499. vCard compatibility was added, as well, allowing iPods to display business card information synced from a Mac.

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