Monday, February 4, 2008

The One That Started It All: The Original iPod

The first generation of iPod offered many of the same features as its successors, although it had a smaller hard drive (the first iPod included a 5GB drive) and was larger and heavier than later generations. It was also compatible only with Macintosh computers, and its software was a bit more limited, too. Although it is no longer being produced, this is the model that started it all, and for that we owe it a debt of gratitude (if one can owe anything to a device, that is).

Because the original iPod hasn’t been produced for a long time, it seems unlikely you will be using this model while you are reading this book (because the book assumes you are relatively new to the iPod world). To save some pages, I won’t be covering the original iPod elsewhere in this book. Much of the information about iPods and iPod minis is also applicable to the original iPod, but there are some differences in its controls and software.

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