Apple Music Event 2001-The First Ever iPod Introduction
What it is
Steve Jobs introduces the first iPod at a small Apple event in 2001. He positions it as a music player and ties it to the Apple brand.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters use it to compare against later Apple launches, to show how low-key the debut was, and as an example of a great product speech.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2010, last 2022
What HN commenters said
“his announcement of the ipod was an incredible speech”
Incredible speech tying together tech, art, music and Apple
hans, 2016-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: steve jobs, ipod, keynote, apple, product launch
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