https://wccftech.com/apple-designed-engineered-and-released-the-original-ipod-within-a-single-year-says-father-of-ipod-tony-fadell/

The iPod was a major breakthrough that paved the way for innovation and changed how users listened to music. However, it has been recently discovered that the iPod happened in a single year, from its design to release. CEO of Stripe, Patrick Collision shared a story stating that Apple's Ex-SVP, Tony Fadell describes the timeline of the original iPod. It took Apple a single year to design, engineer and release the iPod to the public. Let's dive in to see some more details on the subject.

The iPod did not start as the iPod but a hard-drive-based MP3 player by Apple before Fadell joined the company in late January. He pitched the idea to Steve Jobs in March and the team found partners in April and the first shipments were sent out to customers in November. Other theories regarding the original iPod as an MP3 player was running swiftly in the company for quite a while. It all started to appear when Apple acquired SoundJam and started transforming into the iTunes app which saw a public release of January 9, 2001.