Apple’s iPod wasn’t just the revolutionary music-listening device that forced CD players into retirement and reshaped the music industry — it may have saved it, too. Released in 2001, it wasn’t the first MP3 player — digital music players go back to 1987 — but it was highly portable, had a unique scroll wheel, and relatively large (for the time) 5 GB storage. Coupled with iTunes, it made ripping CDs and buying downloadable music easier than ever before, which was
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