Creative Nomad

Creative Nomad Jukebox, 2000 This is the answer to anyone who thinks the iPod invented the pocket music library. Creative began shipping the Nomad Jukebox in the U.S. on September 18, 2000, with a 6GB hard drive holding over 100 hours of music, roughly 150 CDs' worth, more than a year before Apple's player. The catch was size and price: it was about as big as a portable CD player and cost $499.99. That bulk is exactly why it belongs here. It proved people wanted their whole collection with them, and it set the target the iPod would hit in a far smaller case.