Evolution of iPods
yasmine
2001
October, at a press conference in California for the Apple products, the workers unveiled the first iPod. It was a 5GB hard-drive-based music player that sold for $399.
November, the iPod officially hits retail shelves on November 10th.
December, from the time that Apple had released the iPods for the first time to December 31st, Apple sold 125,000 iPods.
2002
January, the first generation iPod gets a rating from Macworld wining praise for its high capacity, fast transfer speeds, and iTunes integration.
July
2003
February, Apple introduces the iTunes Music Store, the online music service has more than 200,000 songs available for download. Songs download from iTunes can play on an unlimited number of iPods.
2004
January, Apple extends the iPod line with a new slimmed down and colorful offering: the iPod mini. Half an inch thin and about the size of a business card.
2005
January, Apple gets into the flash-based music player business, introducing the iPod shuffle.
June, the iPod and iPod photo lines are merged into the iPod color, ending the availability of the monochrome screen music player.
2006
January, Apple has sold 42 million iPod's since the device launched in 2001.