The Macworld Podcast blend back in time to 2001 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the iPod . Five years ago this coming Monday , Apple reveal the portable player that completely transformed how we take heed to music . If you recall , that original iPod offered 5 GB of hard - parkway - based storage in a 6.5 - troy ounce gadget about the size of a deck of card . The damage ? $ 399 — a far yell from the $ 249 a 30 GB video - able iPod will be you these Clarence Day .
I also catch up withNewsweek’ssenior editor and chief engineering writer Steven Levy , a formerMacworldcolumnist himself . Steven ’s new book is about the iPod — The Perfect matter : How the iPod Shuffles Commerce , Culture , and Coolness — so we talk about the iPod ’s launch , the pursuit for the truly random shuffle , and the origins of the “ iPod the great unwashed ” effect when hoi polloi close out the away world .
This edition of the podcast is jumbo - sized , but why not ? Without the iPod there almost certainly would n’t even be a Macworld Podcast .
Listen to episode 56
Show notes
you’re able to watch a video of the iPod ’s 2001 unveiling atYouTube — see how manyMacworldeditors you’re able to spot .
For more from Steven Levy , visit hishome Thomas Nelson Page , where you could find links to his other Good Book — Crypto , Hackers , and , of grade , Insanely Great , among others .
Macworldwill have more iPod anniversary insurance coverage leading up to October 23 .
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