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Five years ago Monday, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPod, the company's most important product since the original Macintosh and one of the most successful consumer electronics products ever. Only no one knew it at the time. I don't think Apple believed it would have an incredibly phenomenal hit on its hands, said Tim Bajarin, principal analyst at consulting firm Creative Strategies.

Apple's iPod Five Years Later: A Cultural Icon