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No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame. https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/Apple-releases-iPod https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/Apple-r

• icebraining 6y ago
  cmdrtaco was giving his personal opinion on the device, not predicting its commercial success or lack thereof. Slashdot wasn't focused on "the market" nearly as much as HN is.
• starky 6y ago
  And for many years after the release of the iPod it was "lame" compared to other products on the market. It was really the introduction of the iPod Nano that was the first product that improved on the competition. But Apple markets well and was able to get the market share (and really it was only the click wheel ones that were really popular).