{"id":3030,"date":"2011-09-02T15:17:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T19:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2011-09-02T15:17:48","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T19:17:48","slug":"how-the-ipod-changed-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/09\/02\/how-the-ipod-changed-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 &#8220;How the iPod changed everything&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/license.icopyright.net\/user\/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=MTM3NDg3MTQ%3D\">via The Globe:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Analysts were bemused. The device had limited commercial potential, they said. After all, it was only compatible with less than 5 per cent of the computers in the United States. To the rest of the Windows crowd, &#8220;it doesn&#8217;t make any difference,&#8221; one observer opined.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, it was an inauspicious start for the iPod.<\/p>\n<p>The day before the Times story appeared, Apple Inc. co-founder and chief executive officer Steve Jobs unveiled his creation and laid out his vision of the future to a gathering of technology journalists and analysts in California.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Written 2.5 years ago. It&#8217;s very long and very very good that all geeks read this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via The Globe: Analysts were bemused. The device had limited commercial potential, they said. 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UH-OH iPod sales have been\u00a0steadily declining\u00a0since their peak\u00a0at\u00a022.7 million\u00a0in December 2008, and analysts estimate another 7.2 percent drop over the quarter that just ended. but then Apple still commands\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2509,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/06\/08\/apple-starts-to-wind-down-the-ipod-brand\/","url_meta":{"origin":3030,"position":1},"title":"\u2605 &#8220;Apple Starts To Wind Down The &#8220;iPod&#8221; Brand&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"BusinessInsider: Apple's\u00a0new iOS 5 software for iPhones, shipping this fall, has many additions, but\u00a0appears to have one notable subtraction: The music app is no longer called \"iPod\" -- it's just called \"Music.\" There's a separate app for \"Video,\" as on the iPad and iPod touch. Apple is probably mostly trying\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3942,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/06\/14\/the-ipod-classic-in-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":3030,"position":2},"title":"\u2605 The iPod Classic in 2013","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Last month, I bought an iPod Classic at Best Buy. It was expensive but I thought the iPod classic was bulkier, larger and had a larger screen. I held the iPod in my hand and thought, this is tiny.\u00a0 The iPod seemed huge when I was young. 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