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Apple Admits iPod Is From 1970s UK
MattSparkes writes "Apple has all but admitted that a British man invented the iPod over three decades ago in the 1970s. Unfortunately, he let the patent run out. When another company tried to grab a portion of its iPod profits, though, Apple went running to him to defend them in court. In return, it looks like he's in for a share of the cash generated from the sale of 163 million iPods."
Tens of thousands of years ago pre-ice age man invented the first iPod when he remembered the very first song and was able to play it back on his iBrain+iMemory+iVoiceBox, aka the first iPod. In addition to being the first singer he was the first song writer. At the time it was an Earth Shattering event and it spread fast and far beyond his pod. Of course all was not well since the iMemory wasn't perfect to say the least. The iVoiceBox also wasn't so good. Man would evolve and get the full iBrain + iMemory + iVoiceBox upgrades that were needed for the likes of Prince and Michael only to be obsoleted by the Apple iPod! What's next? iPod inBrain!