<story><title>A Prototype Original iPod</title><url>https://panic.com/blog/a-prototype-original-ipod/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>macNchz</author><text>Hard to believe it has been 20 years. When talking about the impact of the original iPod on the last two decades of Apple&amp;#x27;s extraordinary success, I like to jump back to this forum thread from October 23rd 2001 (it is always easy to find because it is thread number 500!) and see the reactions from the time: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.macrumors.com&amp;#x2F;threads&amp;#x2F;apples-new-thing-ipod.500&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.macrumors.com&amp;#x2F;threads&amp;#x2F;apples-new-thing-ipod.5...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>em500</author><text>During the heydays of the iPod craze, around 2005-2008, I was convinced that product line would be short lived. It was apparent that music playing was a trivial application of mobile phones, which were already becoming ubiquitous. In those days, Nokia was a far bigger cultural phenomenon outside of North America (where Nokia never gained much of a foothold). And it was truly global, not just European: even tiny villages in rural Asia, Africa and South America had Nokia vendors.&lt;p&gt;So in my straightforward projection, it was only a matter of time before the iPod would be crushed by the likes of Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Samsung, LG, etc. Never did I imagine that Apple would turn the tables on the phone manufacturers so dramatically after 2008...</text></comment>
<story><title>A Prototype Original iPod</title><url>https://panic.com/blog/a-prototype-original-ipod/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>macNchz</author><text>Hard to believe it has been 20 years. When talking about the impact of the original iPod on the last two decades of Apple&amp;#x27;s extraordinary success, I like to jump back to this forum thread from October 23rd 2001 (it is always easy to find because it is thread number 500!) and see the reactions from the time: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.macrumors.com&amp;#x2F;threads&amp;#x2F;apples-new-thing-ipod.500&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;forums.macrumors.com&amp;#x2F;threads&amp;#x2F;apples-new-thing-ipod.5...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MBCook</author><text>It became so popular, especially after it was officially available on Windows in 2003. And it remained THE thing until the iPhone really exploded when unleashed from AT&amp;amp;T around 2011.&lt;p&gt;It’s heyday was only about 8 years but it had such a MASSIVE effect on the technology and music industries.&lt;p&gt;Has any other product been so important but only been around for a relatively short amount of time?</text></comment>