# iPod changed the world a quarter of a century ago

- Source: AppleInsider
- Published: 2026-10-23T11:12:10+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/23/ipod-changed-the-world-a-quarter-of-a-century-ago?utm_source=rss
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/ipod-changed-the-world-a-quarter-of-a-century-ago-e44167/

One day the iPod was everywhere and the next it was nowhere. But this device that propelled Apple toward the iPhone may never be forgotten. How Apple advertised the first-ever iPod - image credit: Apple. It surprised the world that Apple, of all companies, was the one to produce a hit music player when so many others had failed. But then it absolutely shocked the world when Apple itself killed it

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