>Where would Apple be if this device was never released?
>>55642161
Down the drain, at least in the consumer electronics industry.
>>55642161
>>55642177
Still being shit on by Sony in terms of portable storage, music players, and consumer electronics in general.
Laptops would likely still be the same though.
Sony started the thin and light trend at the end of the 90's. I had the first Vaio laptop, and it was less than an inch thick (all the way, none of this wedge shape shit), all the way back in 1999.
>>55642223
I don't think the iPhone would have come about without the iPod.