Nearly 10 years ago, Apple debuted the iPod. Famously ridiculed and dismissed by Slashdot, it would be several years before the device would become iconic, and in the process, change Apple fundamentally as a company.
The premise behind the iPod was simple: 1,000 songs in your pocket. Its the execution that set the device apart from everyone else.
In 2003, Apple flipped the switch again, with the launch of the iTunes Music Store. In a post-Napster industry, most were skeptical that iTunes could drive music sales. Eight years later, iTunes is the number one music retailer by a large margin.
Ten years on, the iPod is getting long in the tooth, but it still remains the leader in its product category.
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