Define "a joke". There were quite a few flash-based players that predate the ipod and a couple of hard drive based ones. Heck, Rio was three generations into their mp3 players when the ipod was released.
Apple fixed the experience for non-nerd. Instead of having to go online and find music files yourself you could just go buy them.
Apple fixed the experience for non-nerd. Instead of having to go online and find music files yourself you could just go buy them.