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I bought the special edition U2 iPod; it was black with a red click wheel. I loved that thing, I still have it somewhere. It was a godsend when I was studying part time, I would load up my lectures and listen to them in the car to and from work. Definitely a harbinger for my podcast addiction, now that I think about it 😂

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I blame books. They let me hide from reality long before iThings, drugs and all the fun adult stuff. You write books. Ergo, it is all your fault.

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Gee, that's a bit dark.

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No doubt it was a harbinger, but the early iPods were a long way short of the tech level needed to pull off the iPhone. The silicon just wasn't up to it at that stage. Still cool devices. I was given one of the ones that looked like a squashed mahjong tile as a work award once. Beautiful hardware that was a joy to use, but which I had no actual use for. (4MB of flash for a couple of hundred songs? Short even then.)

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Plus they looked cool , another byproduct of Jobs genius. Seemed like such a massive tech jump from the Walkman.

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it's a constant battle with my teenagers and headphones and things that plug in. Although the confiscation of said items works wonders as a bargaining chip to get things done like room cleaning and other chores.

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