Apple’s biggest product in its 50-year history surprised the … – CNN

April 1, 2026

The iPod was Apple’s biggest product at the time. By April 2004, the iPod was outselling the Mac and growing by more than 900% from the year before. So Apple got to work making its biggest …

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