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Apple Unveils First iPod With 5GB Storage, $399 Price

By Drooid · Oct 23, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC · How we work

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPod on October 23, 2001, in Cupertino.
The original iPod cost $399 and offered 5 GB storage for up to 1,000 songs.
It provided up to 10 hours of continuous music playback on a rechargeable lithium-polymer battery.
Its FireWire 400 port transferred music, charged the device and automatically synced with iTunes libraries.
Apple claimed a CD could copy in under 10 seconds and 1,000 songs in less than 10 minutes.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPod on October 23, 2001, in Cupertino.
The original iPod cost $399 and offered 5 GB storage for up to 1,000 songs.
It provided up to 10 hours of continuous music playback on a rechargeable lithium-polymer battery.
Its FireWire 400 port transferred music, charged the device and automatically synced with iTunes libraries.
Apple claimed a CD could copy in under 10 seconds and 1,000 songs in less than 10 minutes.