Contemporary · North America · Technology

2001

Apple unveils the iPod

October 23, 2001

Steve Jobs, in jeans and a black turtleneck, slid a small white slab from his pocket and promised a thousand songs in it. Critics called the price absurd. Within five years the click wheel had reshaped the music industry, killed the album, and laid the cultural groundwork for the iPhone.

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In context

Also in 2001 (5 other events on record)

September 11 attacks · North America · War
War in Afghanistan begins · Central Asia · War
China joins the WTO · East Asia · Politics
Wikipedia launches · North America · Technology
Nepal royal massacre · South Asia · Politics

Before and after in North America

Before: November 7, 2000: Bush v. Gore election limbo
After: February 1, 2003: Columbia disintegrates over Texas

Before and after in Technology

Before: January 10, 2000: AOL buys Time Warner
After: February 4, 2004: Facebook founded in a dorm

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: IPod