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iPods through the years

By CNET.com.au on 24 October 2006

The digital music player changed Apple's fortunes and showed the music industry that legal downloading of songs could work.

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iPod first generation (October 23, 2001)
Our favourite part of the design by far is the scrollwheel used to navigate the menus. When holding the device in one hand, it's possible to move through every song, album, or playlist in mere seconds. Unlike other jog dials or button navigation systems, the scrollwheel accelerates as you turn it, allowing for the kind of maneuvering that's necessary to rapidly peruse 5GB worth of MP3s.

Credit: CNET Networks

Related: iPod at 5: The little gadget that could

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Topics: apple, ipod, retrospective, 5 years, shuffle, nano, generations, video, u2, cnet networks

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  bobdebob commented on 08/10/2009 08:14 Report abuse

  lame,old,stupid

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  ak47 commented on 28/08/2009 06:30 Report abuse

  this is old

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