 የአሜሪካ-የተመሰረተ የ Apple, ኮምፒውተሮች ትልቁ ፕሮዲውሰሮች መካከል አንዱ, ደብተርና ኮምፒውተር ሃርድዌር እና ሶፍትዌር, በ iPod አስተዋውቀናል 2001 ዓለም አቀፍ የሙዚቃ ገበያ በአንድ ነጠላ ሞዴል ጋር.
US-based Apple, one among the largest producers of computers, notebooks and computer hardware and software, introduced iPod in 2001 with a single model for the international music market.