I still remember tossing a stamp-sized iPod Shuffle into the washing machine (it was in the watch pocket of my jeans). It survived...
The iPod could hold 1,000 songs, in high-quality sound. Alanis Morissette, Morcheeba, Kishore, Lata, Beatles, MJ, '60s, '70s, '80s. Entire eras could fit in the palm of your hand.
Unboxing was not a thing back then, nor was ASMR – but ripping that plastic off this black box was deeply satisfying. The click wheel! The tiny colour display! The possibility of carrying 500 songs...
From LP records to tape recorders and CDs, it’s been a bumpy ride for music lovers. And iPods changed all that. Just like that. One fine day.
The iPod transformed music for many people, particularly for millennials who graduated from turntables to cassettes and CDs before discovering music that could be downloaded.
To listen to a different track, album or genre, all you had to do was tap on that wheel and turn it around to that reassuring sound of a hundred clicks.