October 2001: The iPod

This is the big one folks! That's right it's the introduction of the iPod, that iconic pocket-sized device that changed how we listen to music. We review the tapes to see how it all went down at Apple Town Hall on October 23, 2001—it's a classic JobsNote. It's also the start of the spooky season so Apple introduces a satanic PowerBook, and Matt has a tale of the dead rising from the grave as he resurrects Shenmue 2 from it's dormant state. Buckle up it's going to be a good one.

Listen:

Follow-Up

• Zev - Feedback: on classic Mac OS, files didn’t need extensions. They used special metadata fields called the type and creator codes. Siracusa has some good rants about how much better they were, mostly on old Hypercritical episodes.
  • Metadata madness on Hypercritical

QuickTime Machine

• Mac OS X 10.1 Flies Off The Shelves, Some Stores Burned Copies For Customers
• Apple opens Store in Palo Alto - October 6, 2001 - The 9th Apple Store to Open
• Apple Rolls Out New 500 MHz & 600 MHz iBooks
• PowerBooks Hit 667 MHz, Gets Faster System Bus, New Video Card, Gigabit Ethernet
• Apple Announces US$66 Million Profit, US$4.3 Billion Cash On Hand
• Apple Ships US$499 iMacs For Two US Markets
• iDVD 2 Released For Mac OS X Only

The iPod Introduction: Tuesday, October 23, 2001

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