In my mind, the original iPod basically came out yesterday. Which is why it’s more than a little surreal — yet strangely amusing — watching kids who weren’t even born in 2001 react to it like they’re archeologists uncovering the relics of a bygone civilization.
Does it make calls? Does it have external speakers? And surely it’s got to have a touchscreen somewhere, if you can only work out which button to press. No, no, and no are the answers, as these grade school kids learn over the course of an amusing video. Check it out below:
Suddenly I have a lot more sympathy for my parents, and their stories about a world before the mouse and graphical user interface.
How old were you and what were you doing when the original iPod first hit the shelves? Leave your comments below.
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
5 responses to “Watching kids react to the original iPod will make you feel old”
Have you done laser discs? Would love to see them freak out over the frequency of flipping the discs over.
THAT IPOD IS SO LAST WEEK!!!
I snuggled with that every night and now it’s a piece of trash. Love that line
My 1st iPod was a 2nd-gen nano and I was 10. At least I vaguely remember other iPods before then, but now thanks to this video I feel old.
If I was a kid, I’d consider it a weapon if it was no longer working. It’s a heavy brick if the apple software update made it useless. Back then it was way cheaper to live with one aside from having an MP3 player and ripping 500 songs from RealPlayer’s download service.