The iPod Classic line was the heart of Apple’s digital music revolution, defining an era of portable media players in the early 2000s. First introduced in 2001 as simply the “iPod,” it featured a ...

ABOVE: Customers try out a new Apple iPod Nano at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., in October 2007. The iPod was the most recognizable and widely used portable music player for two decades.

January 11, 2005: Steve Jobs introduces the iPod shuffle, an entry-level music player that lacks a display. The device randomly shuffles the audio files it holds, but lets users easily skip songs they ...