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The iPod was the first portable mp3 player, being released in 2001. Even though there are tons of mp3 players smaller, cheaper and easier to use, the Apple iPod and Microsoft Zune are popular as status icons. If you have an iPod or Zune, you are noticed as someone who can afford one, making iPod/Zune ownership a popularity contest. Althoguh the Zune is popular, it is not as popular as the iPod for two reasons: being introduced later and being made my Microsoft, who have been steriotyped for faulty operating systems.

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