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British Man Says He Invented iPod in 1979

foxnews.com — Hey, Steve Jobs, you didn't invent the iPod — I did. So says Kane Kramer, a luckless Briton who claims he developed a portable digital music player way back in 1979.

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  • CarzorStelatis, on 11/09/2008, -0/+1He says he invented the portable audio player, not the iPod. Buried as inaccurate (although it's also about 4 months old).
  • moisie, on 11/09/2008, -0/+1If you're going to simplify the iPod to just playing digital music then it's obvious the Apple didn't invent it, there were numerous players on the market when the iPod launched. Of course, like this, they weren't iPods.

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