Stewart Alsop, "My New Favorite Toy," Fortune.com, 10 Dec 2001

The iPod is not the first small digital music player with a hard disk....All have similar technical features to the iPod, except that they just aren't good enough. They are too big to fit into a shirt pocket. Their software is hard to use. Their batteries don't last long.

...I had it working and playing my music in about ten minutes. ...now I've got a significant portion of the music that I know and love stored on my Macintosh--and on my iPod. My music, where I want it, when I want it. Problem solved.