Angie's Technology Evolution Series: 3- The iPod

We've been through the groundbreaking history of the cell phone and the computer, but on to one of my favorite devices. The iPod. It's understood that not everyone owns an iPod. I certainly didn't until the past few years, but I will admit that it's personally the best investment of my life! Revolutionary? Probably not, but learning the history was pretty fun!

8 years. That's all. That's how long the iPod has been around. In 2001, it could only hold around 1000 songs, it had a cool LCD screen, a Revolutionary Click wheel, and it came at the low, simple price of $399... Ouch. After a year, Apple decided to tweek their model just a tad. While the new features looked pretty fun, it went up to cost around $499. In 2002, Apple released iTunes for Windows and Mac and made it simple for the users of the iPod to sync music.

Like all other technology, after they realized that this device would be a hit, they started to revolutionize the iPod after every production. After the first few "generations" of iPods, Apple decided to broaden their horizons and make iPods mini! And colorful! Then they decided that there should be a simple iPod, and they produced the Shuffle. After a few "go-arounds" with those two generations of iPods, Apple took it a step further, and made the iPod Touch in 2007.

In 2009, Apple reverted back to the old iPod and decided to make it a little better and tweeked the iPod Nano to be able to take pictures and have video.


The future of the iPod is unknown. It's been rumored that 2010 (and since it's ending, I'm assuming 2011 will be in there, too) there will some new changes from Apple about the iPod. If you look at the article where I got my information from, there's a nifty little picture of the iBangle, which is the new Apple production that you wear on your wrist (I assume...).

Even though iPods don't really change our lives, nor have they "taken over," but I do believe that the iPod is a great example of how fast a technology can be produced and then change so much in such a small amount of time. With each new production, it got a little more cooler and a little more complicated. This is true with any technology, but with the iPod, it went through many different models in just 8 years. It's just something to ponder about.

Want to read where I got my information? Check out this article!
http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/evolution-apple-ipod-2001-to-2010-timeline/

Don't forget to check out the video! It's amazing how things change!


Until Tuesday,


Angie Green