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Historic Mp3 players (normally addressed as iPods)in the International Vintage Electronics Museum, Hove, UK |
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Historic Mp3 players (normally addressed as iPods)in the International Vintage Electronics Museum, Hove, UK |
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- Spring 1998 = Saehan/Eiger Labs F10/F20 = first portable pocket MP3 player ever, flash memory.
- Late 1998 = Rio PMP300 = second portable pocket MP3 player ever, flash memory.
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- October 2001 = Apple iPod (original) = mechanical scroll wheel, no firewire socket cover, hard drive.
- July 2002 = Apple iPod (second) = touch sensitive scroll wheel, firewire socket with cover.
- April 2003 = Apple iPod (third) = all touch interface, first with dock connector.
- July 2004 = Apple iPod (fourth) = click wheel, body redesign.
- July 2004 = Apple iPod (fourth photo) = click wheel, body redesign.
- October 2004 = Apple iPod (special edition with U2) = signatures of the group on back, red click wheel.
- June 2005 = Apple iPod (fourth color) = click wheel, firewire and USB.
- October 2005 = Apple iPod (fifth video) = larger screen, slimmer case, video.
- September 2007 = Apple iPod (sixth classic) = named CLASSIC, anodized front plate.
- January 2004 = Apple iPod MINI (first) = smaller model, 5 colors, click wheel.
- February 2005 = Apple iPod MINI (second) = brighter colours variants
- September 2005 = Apple iPod NANO (first) = Mini replacement, black or white plastic body, flash memory.
- September 2006 = Apple iPod NANO (second) = six anodized aluminium case colours.
- September 2007 = Apple iPod NANO (third) = 2" QVGA screen, video.
- September 2008 = Apple iPod NANO (fourth) = all aluminium case, 9 colours, accelerometer, orizontal viewing.
- January 2005 = Apple iPod SHUFFLE = random mp3 player, flash memory, plastic body.
- September 2006 = Apple iPod SHUFFLE (second) smaller clip design, anodized aluminium case, 4 colours.
- September 2007 = Apple iPod TOUCH = wi-fi, multi touch interface,internet browsing, email,
essentially like the iPHONE without the phone.
- September 2008 = Apple iPod TOUCH (second) = body redesing, volume button, loudspeaker, NIKE functionality.
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- Sometime 2002 = Creative Nomad Jukebox 2 = taiwanese hard disc drive MP3 player.
- Late 2002 = Archos Jukebox 6000 = iPod knock off first portable multimedia player.
- November 2004 = Creative ZEN micro = iPod knock off from the Creative Technology company based in Singapore.
- November 2006 = Microsoft ZUNE = iPod knock off from the evil empire.
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More iPod info at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod
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