What was the earliest form of the iPod that was invented?

Answer 1

Kane Kramer of England, is credited with inventing the music box called the "IXL" in 1979, the earliest form of the Ipod, took out a worldwide patent, but that ran out when the firm he was with split. Apple admit that its his creation.

as for the name i Pod and the first actual I Pod see below.

: On July 24, 2000, Apple registered the iPod name for "a public internet : kiosk enclosure containing computer equipment," : However the article below may indeed shed some light as to the true : history of the naming "iPod and in fact it would seem that this was also : the first use of the letter "i" as in the iPod first registered by : futurologist and CEO of the iPod business Hugh Gray JP in Brisbane : Australia, : Was in fact the first use of the letter "i" in a product, Which would : even predate the "I Mac" : .Although some sites on the net do acknowledge this fact, : What most people and the Media do not know is that Apple had their : Australian Lawyers investigate this claim and report back to Apple head : office, : And they admit that the Australian Claim of Hugh Gray to be the first to : come up with the name iPod and use the name commercially is true. : Apple Computers have still not acknowledged this on their website. Where : they still push the "Vinnie Chieco" story or their July 24, 2000 : registration of the name in USA As being first use. : Even though they now have proof positive that it was registered in : Brisbane Australia over 5 years earlier. and even though Hugh Gray has : by common law Authors copyright for the use of the name I Pod : This is well known tenet of law yet "Apple computers" continue to use it : throughout the world and have not paid the author one cent in royalties. : Even though the person who came up with the name lives on an aged : Pension. yet Steve Jobs going by Forbes has a net worth of $5.8 Billion : US Dollars. What is it they say about karma. And remember Steve you cant : take it with you. At least talk to the Author personally Do the right thing. : Just look at the sales figures below to see how much you have made. from : i Pod. : iPod Worldwide Sales : Q4 2001 - 130,000 : Q1 2002 - 57,000 : Q2 2002 - 54,000 : Q3 2002 - 140,000 : Q4 2002 - 219,000 : Q1 2003 - 80,000 : Q2 2003 - 304,000 : Q3 2003 - 336,000 : Q4 2003 - 733,000 : Q1 2004 - 807,000 : Q2 2004 - 860,000 : Q3 2004 - 2,016,000 : Q4 2004 - 4,580,000 : Q1 2005 - 5,311,000 : Q2 2005 - 6,155,000 : Q3 2005 - 6,451,000 : Q4 2005 - 14,043,000 : Q1 2006 - 8,526,000 : Q2 2006 - 8,111,000 : Q3 2006 - 8,729,000 : Q4 2006 - 21,066,000 : Total Sales = 88,708,000 : and that is only up till Dec 2006 : One can assume that total sales as of 2009 will be well over 100 million : Even if apple were to pay a minimum payment to the Author of only $1 per : I pod sold. even without interest they would now owe if you have any : Morality : Mr Hugh Gray of Logan city Australia well over $100 Million US Dollars : to date he has got nothing.