iPod in 1979
July 17th, 2009Kramer’s device, the IXI, was flash-based, even though flash memory in 1979 only could have held about three minutes of audio, and featured a screen, four-way controls, and was about the size of a cigarette pack. Even weirder, he envisioned the creation and sale of digital music and foresaw all the good and bad that would come from this: No overhead, no inventory, but a great push for independent artists, with the risk of piracy looming large.
via Suspiciously Prescient Man Files Patent for iPod-Like Device in 1979 – kane kramer – Gizmodo.
