A History of the iPod: 2000 to 2004. More than any other product from Apple, the iPod has changed the company and the world.
Before its introduction, MP3 players were the realm of small companies with limited budgets that were unable to provide content. After the iPod, the entire industry evolved and grew to the point where the largest computer companies in the world have major interests in the digital music industry. Part 1: 2000-2004 Part 2: 2005-present iPod Innovation. Jonathan Ive / 25/25 - Celebrating 25 Years of Design. The winner of the Design Museum's inaugural Designer of the Year award in 2003 was JONATHAN IVE (1967-), senior vice-president of design at Apple whose innovations include the iPod, iMac, iPhone and iPad.
As senior vice-president of design at Apple, Jonathan Ive has combined what he describes as “fanatical care beyond the obvious stuff? With relentless experiments into new tools, materials and production processes, to design such ground-breaking products as the iMAC, iBook, the PowerBook G4 and the iPod MP3 player. Apple Design skip first 2 minutes. Jonathan Ive Interview (original video)