Today in Apple history: Apple puts 1,000 songs in your pocket with first-gen iPod

October 23, 2001: Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the first iPod, a device capable of storing an entire music library in a highly portable package. The first-generation device boasts a 5GB hard drive capable of putting “1,000 songs in your pocket.” That may not sound too dazzling in a world in which people can stream […]

(via Cult of Mac – Tech and culture through an Apple lens)