in 2001, it was.<p>Check out the sales figures [0].  Consumers didn&#x27;t begin to adopt the iPod in detectable numbers until the third generation (when it got USB syncing), and it didn&#x27;t really take off until the fourth (full USB connectivity, various other improvements.)<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;28&#x2F;ipod-sales_n_4680000.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;28&#x2F;ipod-sales_n_468000...</a>