| The concept of music players really had a facelift with | | | | electronic market. The first public demonstration of the |
| the arrival of iPods. The portable media players | | | | iPod kiosks took place in New Jersey in March 1998, |
| designed and marketed by Apple Inc. named iPods | | | | and the commercial use started in January 2000. The |
| were launched in October 2001. It was the result of the | | | | trademark was registered by the USPTO in |
| hub strategy of Apple Inc. that paved way for the | | | | November 2003, and Grasso assigned it to Apple |
| entry of iPods. | | | | Computer, Inc. in 2005. Apple iPods were constructed |
| The company while dealing with various manufacturing | | | | in the way that they are able to carry MP3, AAC |
| of various electronic gadgets felt that the existing | | | | M4A, Protected AC, AIFF, WAV, Audiable audio book |
| digital music players were "big and clunky or small and | | | | and Apple Lossless audio file formats ensuring perfect |
| useless" leading them towards the production of Apple | | | | and excellent musical entertainment for the user. |
| iPods. It took more than a year to get the Apple iPods | | | | Apple iPod succeeded in functioning as a mass |
| to get developed. Apple iPods were launched with the | | | | storage device that is capable of storing data files. |
| catchy caption “1000 songs in your pocket," that | | | | The main and important difference between MP3 |
| was widely accepted by the music lovers around the | | | | players and iPods is that simply copying audio or video |
| globe. | | | | files to the drive with a typical file management |
| It was Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who | | | | application does not permit iPod to properly access |
| christened iPod for the product. He was called by | | | | them. The user must use particular software that has |
| Apple to figure out how to introduce the new player to | | | | been specifically designed to transfer media files to |
| the public that could realy create a storm in the | | | | iPods, to make the files playable and viewable. |