At a modest ceremony on Apple's Infinite Loop headquarters, Steve Jobs unveiled the initial iPod. While the iMac launched Apple's rebirth in 1998, it was the introduction of the iPod in 2001 that truly put the firm on the path to become the world's most valuable company. Jobs famously marketed the first iPod as having "1,000 tunes in your pocket." The device's 5GB hard drive and 0.75-inch thickness were remarkable at the time, and it also included a two-inch screen, up to 10 hours of battery life, a FireWire connector, and the initial incarnation of the iconic click wheel.
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