Amaya Toman Iyo iPod yanga iri chikamu chechigadzirwa cheApple kubva 2001, apo chizvarwa chayo chekutanga chakaburitswa. Kunyangwe yaive kure neyekutanga inotakurika mimhanzi inoridza munhoroondo, yakashandura musika neimwe nzira uye nekukurumidza yakawana mukurumbira pakati pevashandisi. Nechizvarwa chimwe nechimwe chaitevera chemutambi wayo, Apple yakaedza kuunza nhau nekuvandudza kune vatengi vayo. Chizvarwa chechina iPod chaive chisiri chimwechete, icho chaive chichangobva kupfumiswa neanoshanda kudzvanya vhiri.
"Mumhanzi wedhijitari wepamusoro watoita nani," akarumbidza Steve Jobs panguva yekuburitswa kwayo. Sezvinowanzoitika, haasi munhu wose aiva nechido chake. Apple yakanga ichiita zvakanaka kwazvo pakaburitswa chizvarwa chechina iPod. MaiPod aitengesa zvakanaka, uye iTunes Music Store, iyo panguva iyoyo yaipemberera chiitiko chemamiriyoni zana enziyo dzakatengeswa, yakanga isiri kuita zvakaipa.
Pamberi pechizvarwa chechina iPod yakaona zviri pamutemo chiedza chezuva, kwakava nerunyerekupe kuti hutsva hwaizogadziridzwa zvachose kubva kumusoro kusvika kutsoka. Semuenzaniso, paive nekutaura kwekuratidzira kwemavara, kutsigirwa kweBluetooth neWi-Fi yekubatanidza, dhizaini nyowani uye inosvika 60GB yekuchengetedza. Tichifunga nezvetariro dzakadaro, kune rumwe rutivi, kuodzwa mwoyo kwakati kwevashandisi hakushamisi, zvisinei kuti zvinoshamisa kwatiri nhasi kuti mumwe munhu angavimba zvakanyanya nekufungidzira.
Saka chakanyanya kukosha hunyanzvi hwechizvarwa chechina iPod yaive vhiri rekudzvanya, iro Apple yakaunza neiyo iPod mini yayo, yakaburitswa mugore rimwe chete. Panzvimbo pevhiri remupumburu wenyama, rakakomberedzwa nemabhatani akapatsanurwa ane mamwe mabasa ekudzora, Apple yakaunza iPod Click Wheel yeiPod itsva, iyo yainyatso kubata-inonzwa uye yakanyatso kusanganiswa mukati meiyo iPod. Asi vhiri rakanga risiri iro roga rakanga risiri idzva. Chizvarwa chechina iPod yaive yekutanga "yakakura" iPod kupa kuchaja kuburikidza ne USB 2.0 yekubatanidza. Apple yakashandawo pahupenyu huri nani hwebhatiri kwairi, iyo yakavimbisa kusvika maawa gumi nemaviri ekushanda pamutengo mumwe chete.
Panguva imwecheteyo, kambani yeCupertino yakakwanisa kusvika pamitengo inotakurika neiyo iPod itsva. Iyo vhezheni ine 20GB yekuchengetedza inodhura $299 panguva iyoyo, iyo 40GB vhezheni yakadhura mushandisi zana remadhora mamwe. Gare gare, Apple yakauyawo neashoma editions eiPod yayo - muna Gumiguru 2004, semuenzaniso, iyo U2 iPod 4G yakabuda, uye munaGunyana 2005, iyo Harry Potter Edition, yakashongedzerwa necult audiobooks aJK Rowling.
