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Tue Oct 23, 2001 02:20 PM

Link to the original SlashDot article entitled, “Apple releases iPod”

The BrownFury writes
“At an invitation only event Apple has released their new MP3 player called the iPod. iPod is the size of a deck of cards. 2.4″ wide by 4″ tall by .78″ thick 6.5 ounces. 5 GB HDD, 10 hr battery life, charged via FireWire. Works as a firewire drive as well. Works in conjunctions with iTunes 2. Here are Live updates”
. No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

Not only did SlashDot insult the iPod it filed this article in the “well-thats-not-very-exciting dept.” We guess iPod had the last laugh here. SlashDot didn’t have it all wrong though. The original iPod wasn’t the most exciting multimedia player in the world, it just did what other gadgets did already – better. And it still does!

Slashdot is still an amazing website and continues to make good and bad predictions of the future