Now, these capabilities are taken for granted – assumed to be standard, not only for dedicated portable media players, but for smartphones, tablets and who knows what else is around the corner.
It was able to carry music, photos and video that could be played in the palm of your hand then.
Four years after Apple launched the iPod, several iterations had perfected what the device could do.
Before watching videos on a smartphone was an everyday occurrence, for many the portable video player of choice was an iPod.
