MP3 music player – Ingliando

On this day, in Cupertino, California, Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, introduced the iPod, the breakthrough MP3 music player capable of holding 1000 CD-quality songs in an ultraportable design that would fit into a pocket. There were already other MP3 players on the market, but Apple’s innovation was to improve the trade-off between capacity and portability and to come up with a simple and intuitive user interface. In Steve Job’s own words, “With iPod, Apple has invented a whole new category of digital music player that lets you put your entire music collection in your pocket and listen to it wherever you go.” The iPod’s unique scroll-wheel made it possible to hold and operate the iPod with just one hand. The iPod also featured customisable settings such as shuffle, repeat, startup volume, sleep timer and menus in multiple languages including English, French, German and Japanese. Apple discontinued the iPod product line on 10 May, 2022.