iPod represents a wide array of moveable media players which have been designed and are sold by Apple Inc. It was first launched in October 2001.
iPod models generally cover digital audio players with a central click wheel to iPod Shuffle that uses various buttons because of its small size. iPod Nano, a fifth generation, was launched in September 2006. This led to discontinuation of iPod mini, which it stored the data on an internal hard disk. iPod Shuffle and Nano employ flash type of memory for smaller size. These devices also act as an external medium for data storage.
iPod was inspired by the shortcomings of existing digital music players, which were not physically compact and the user interface were not very friendly.
Apple assembled a group of engineers and within a year, it unveiled the iPod. It was launched as a product which was Macintosh compatible with a hard drive of 5 GB. Apple used PortalPlayer`s reference for its software. The company Pixo helped iPod for developing user interface. But these were refined by Apple after development.
The naming of the device as `iPod` was suggested by Vinnie Chieco, who is a freelance copywriter....