IPOD - created by MnMCarta


IPOD
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Bet you thought it was just a few years ago huh? Well here's the deal..

The real inspiration for Apple's game-changing iPod, courtesy of the world's unluckiest Briton, Kane Kramer, 52 (not including the fifth Beatle). You see, in the dark technological days of 1979, Kramer saw a beacon of light in his IXI. Capable of playing a mind-busting 3.5 minutes of music, the IXI prototype was Kramer's ticket out of obscurity. Sadly, when he couldn't raise enough venture funding to renew the IXI patent in 1988, the device became the Zune of its time, and was largely forgotten. (5 years and 3455 days ago)

author says:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/briton-invented/
This is where I got the blue print lookin drawings for the original IPod

http://gizmodo.com/5046463/apple-admits-british-man-invented-ipod-in-1979-uses-him-to-win-patent-lawsuit
This is where I got the story.

avatar rbsgrl
rbsgrl says:

Wonderful find! Beautiful shot!

avatar kyricom
kyricom says:

Seems like '79 WAS just a few years ago!

avatar jadedink
jadedink says:

Wow author! We are of the same birth year! That's neat to learn good luck!

author says:

COOL JADE!!! We can be like cyber sista's! lol

Howdie stranger!
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