- Yeah, I love it, and it plays real loud, too!
Brian was right when he told me about the right area of the iPod’s volume indicator. Until now, none of us knew exactly why he was.
Jobs’ influence was sometimes idiosyncratic. For example, the iPod is louder than most MP3 players because Jobs is partly deaf
Wired
Yeh, Brian. It’s loud. Your 5 Gb first generation iPod is damn loud. And free as in Pinoccio without the nose.
“There was no discussion of (digital rights management),” Knauss said. “Their belief was DRM would hurt sales when they rolled out the music store. They specifically wanted no DRM in the original iPod.”
Ben Knauss tells the story of the iPod to Wired. He backed out just before the launch of what would be the world’s most famous MP3 player. He wasn’t confident with the success. He is contracting for Microsoft now. And talks to hungry Wired reporters. Why?
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