The Perfect Thing : How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness (Paperback)

from mrgan

Very informative and engaging history of the iPod.

from addict

On October 23, 2001, Apple Computer, a company known for its chic, cutting-edge technology -- if not necessarily for its dominant market share -- launched a product with an enticing promise: You can carry an entire music collection in your pocket. It was called the iPod. What happened next exceed...

from soundsorange

Book offered good background on the iPod and Apple's turn-around. Good cultural context.

from raizel

I read this as my first iPod was in transit from China to my house. (I had to wait from early morning until 5:30 for FedEx to arrive with it; it seems to me in this age of cell phones, texting, Internet, GPS, and computers, it should be possible to have a better handle on arrival times. But I dig...

from name99

Very disappointing. The chapter on history was mildly interesting, but the others were pretty much fluff, and errors were not infrequent. Dude, you're writing a marginally technical book; would it kill you to have someone technically qualified read it before publication?