Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apple's wildly popular iPod first launched in October 2001. A rare prototype of a near-final iPod model was recently shown off.

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The iPod was the first product that defined Apple commercially. Up until then, Apple had only made desktop computers. The shift to a sleek, user-friendly, and pocket-size device cemented what would ...

Apple's iPod was a big leap for music portability when it was initially unveiled, the company's first mp3 player having been capable of holding around 1,000 songs at once. However, the iPod wasn't ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Check out this video of an old iPod third-generation prototype with Stacker, a Tetris clone made by Apple. Check ...

In brief: Not to make anyone feel old or anything, but the iPod turned 20 over the weekend. Apple's portable MP3 player first launched on October 23, 2001. To celebrate the iPod's birthday, Playdate ...

Have you ever wondered what consumer electronics look like when they’re in the ugly prototype stages? So have we. And thanks to [Cabel] of at Panic.com, we have a rare glimpse at a prototype first ...

The 2013 Mac Pro was notorious for being a radical departure from Apple's usual design acumen, sporting a form that was derisively compared to a trash can. It was also one of the very few Apple ...

Images of an early iPod have been shared by developer Panic, with the device shown as a simple and oversized enclosure with a clickwheel and buttons, one that may have been produced two months before ...

Apple's wildly popular iPod first launched in October 2001. A rare prototype of a near-final iPod model was recently shown off. The device is massive and looks nothing like the final product — that ...