If you were one of the Apple faithful who sprang for an original iPod in November 2001 then the odds are that the player – with its finickity mechanical scroll wheel and questionable battery lifespan – has long since hit your recycling bin. Or more likely that 5Gb (and 10Gb introduced in March 2002) storage capacity began to get outpaced by your Napster collection…
But if you were a little more gentle, actually paid for your music or perhaps went for the slightly better-fettled second or third generation you might – might – still be rocking a classic. And while it always has (and always will be) possible to charge it via its out-of-date Firewire 400 connection getting music on and off the thing must surely be impossible by now?
