Apple iPod a portable music player, that changed the way people buy and listen to music even 15 years from its launch. Today, there are three versions of iPod- the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano and the touchscreen iPod Touch. In June 2003, Apple sold its millionth iPod, and by the end of 2004, it sold 10 million units. In January 2015, Apple said that it would stop reporting iPod sales as it was pushed back by iPhone, whose design was partly influenced by the iPod. The man behind the iPod, Tony Fadell, left Apple in 2010 and co-founded Nest Labs, which was acquired by Google.

Source: The Hindu October 24, 2016 07:30 UTC