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Happy 5th Birthday iPod

Submitted by applextrent

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Tags: iPod

To think we were all using CD-players just five years ago (or maybe a mini-disc player -- although for some reason only asian people seemed to own mini-disc players), but now everyone and their brother's sister's BFF has an iPod. Hell, even my BFF has an iPod. BFFs aside, the iPod is actually 5-years-old as of today, yes five. Five years of ignoring most of mankind and their precarious social graces, five years of telling everyone to screw off with white ear-buds glued to our ears. Five years of gawking at women as their iPod headset wires delicately traced down their bodies. Five years of George W. Bush... ugh. Ok, well besides the Bush thing, the Iraq thing, the war on terror thing, the molesting pages thing, the national debt thing, and the hurricane Katrina thing; the iPod thing went really well, for Apple at least.

So here is to another five years of music piracy, and shiny expensive things. Rock on Apple, rock on.


Via Engadget. *Goes and listens to some Rage Against The Machine on my iPod.*

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thefreak

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

OCT 23, 2006 07:09 PM

I still don't have an iPod...funny, isn't it?

-TM

VinnyVidiVici

VinnyVidiVici

Orange Park, FL
February 2006

OCT 23, 2006 07:11 PM

So I guess I'm obliged to give her a birthday bang...

smile

judypatricia

judypatricia

Brookline, MA
January 2004

OCT 23, 2006 07:15 PM

I still have my first generation one. And it still works.

Acrid

Acrid

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

OCT 23, 2006 07:43 PM

my iPod worked for less than a year and broke... how lame is that.

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

OCT 23, 2006 07:43 PM

Wait, today? Seriously? Are you sure about that? Because, you know, I would think I'd remember if the iPod and I shared a birthday. But maybe not.

Also, I just got my first one ever, for my birthday. Like seriously 10 minutes ago. biggrin

Dead_Ringer

Dead_Ringer

I'm lost
September 2004

OCT 23, 2006 07:47 PM

I got my iPod 3G blind, shit-fuck drunk on shots of 151 today.

mamet

mamet

Charleston, SC
March 2005

OCT 23, 2006 07:59 PM

I still use just a CD player. :shrug:

Volkov

Volkov

San Antonio, TX
OLD SKOOL

OCT 23, 2006 07:59 PM

shinny? is thut luhk thuh shinning?

"you mean the shining?"



anyway... I still don't own an ipod so I guess I don't know what all the big deal is.

SmooshFacedLion

SmooshFacedLion

Houston, TX
April 2003

OCT 23, 2006 08:00 PM

My 2G 10gig is four years old now and still going strong!

12AngryBadgers

12AngryBadgers

Winston Salem, NC
May 2004

OCT 23, 2006 08:16 PM

"Were" using CD players? Dude, I was still using the tape deck in my car until it broke last weekend!

I still don't have an iPod and don't see myself getting one any time soon. A discman and a small CD wallet are portable enough for me and can be replaced five times over before you even approach the cost of replacing an iPod, which seem to be remarkably breakable/losable (and I can change the batteries myself on my discman). Plus, it's just one more thing to keep up with. Call me cynical, but I'm just not buyin' the hype.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

OCT 23, 2006 08:22 PM

I don't think I've ever actually seen a 1st or 2nd Gen in person.

skiing_ian

skiing_ian

Edmonton, AB
April 2006

OCT 23, 2006 08:36 PM

I do like my iPod shuffle, but i'm still perplexed why I need special software to load music onto it.

trocc

trocc

Chicago, IL
March 2003

OCT 23, 2006 08:40 PM

there was a great article on Salon today about the iPod - check it out

i've had my 60g for a bit more than a year now - and it's made life more interesting in all sorts of little corners.

zoton

zoton

Kuwait
November 2005

OCT 23, 2006 08:43 PM

IMHO apple didn't really pull it off till 4G. That one rocked. Perfect mix of good battery life and excellent design.

PRockGirlScout

PRockGirlScout

Portland, OR
October 2005

OCT 23, 2006 08:48 PM

Happy Birthday, iPod. Thanks for being so small and for getting stolen out of my livingroom. blackeyed

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