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Birth of the iPod

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-bit-of-history dept.

b00le writes "There's a little story over at Wired about the genesis of the iPod from the point of view of Ben Knauss, a former senior manager at PortalPlayer, the company Apple Computer approached to help develop its player. There's some nice gossip about The Steve's involvement in the project, the extreme secrecy and so on, but for me, the kicker comes at the end: 'Knauss stayed on until near the end of the iPod's development, but quit shortly before it was released because he had no confidence it would be a success. "It was probably a mistake, but then you have to go with what you think at the time," he said.' "

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  1. Re:Why oh why by Suriel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All you're buying is the name, and the 30 extra hours some designer spent on look and feel. "Think different"... yeah, whatever...

  2. Re:Sucess in marketing. by karnal · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I can understand that you may want ogg support, but let me say one thing:

    fuck ogg.

    *whew*. With that said, this story is about the IPOD (right?) which doesn't do ogg, and honestly, people who are interested in the ipod for it's MP3 playing capabilities (as well as the tie in to itunes) don't really give a shit. So stop it already.

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  3. Re:The truth behind Portal Player by ViolentGreen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I have an iPod and I find none of that to be the case. I see one of two possibilites. You got a lemon or you are a troll.

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