Brick
The Breakout clone that first hid inside the 2001 iPod as an easter egg. Spin to move the paddle.
23 Oct 2001 → 23 Oct 2026
The iPod is 25.
The iPod is 25.
Here's one that works.
Twenty-five years ago today, Steve Jobs promised “1,000 songs in your pocket.” Spin the wheel, hear the clicker, play Brick and listen to 24 songs that never existed.
Drag your finger round the wheel. Tap MENU, ⏮ ⏭ and ▶︎❚❚. Keyboard: click the iPod, then use ↑ ↓ Enter Esc.
Click Wheel white (2004)
This iPod is exactly
Inside the iPod
Things to try on it
Everything runs on the iPod above, using the wheel. Your scores and achievements stay on this device.
Parachute
Aim the turret with the wheel and stop the paratroopers. Careful: every shot costs a point.
Music Quiz
Hear a clip and name the song before the bar runs out. Learn the library first, or just guess.
iPod Quiz
Ten random questions from 32 about the iPod's 25 years. Can you get 8 right?
Notes
The iPod could hold text notes. Ours has twelve short ones on how the iPod came to be.
The 2001 secret
The first iPod hid a game. To find it you had to hold one button on one particular screen. Try it here.
Your high scores
Clicks so far: 0 · Songs played: 0 of 24
Achievements 0/13
Museum
Every iPod, 2001–2022
27 models, from 5 GB to 256 GB, and a Higher-or-Lower game to test your memory.
Walk the timeline → EngraveEngrave the back
Pick a shell, write two lines on the mirror-chrome back, add your On-The-Go playlist and share it.
Open the studio → Pocket MathsHow many iPods is your music?
Turn your yearly listening minutes into 2001 iPods, 99¢ downloads and FireWire syncs.
Do the maths →
The 2001 spec sheet
$399
US price at launch. On sale Saturday 10 November 2001.
5 GB
A 1.8-inch Toshiba hard drive, enough for about 1,000 songs.
6.5 oz
About 184 g, with a 160 × 128 pixel screen and a white backlight.
10 hours
Of continuous music on a rechargeable lithium polymer battery.
< 10 min
To copy 1,000 songs over FireWire, Apple said. A whole CD in under 10 seconds.
~450 million
iPods sold before the last one was discontinued on 10 May 2022.