6 January 2004 · Announcement

iPod In-Ear Headphones and Xserve Cluster Node G5

Apple announced two products on 6 January 2004: iPod In-Ear Headphones and Xserve Cluster Node G5. The day spanned AirPods and Mac.

It was the 1st of 9 dated moments the archive holds for 2004, 49 days after the previous one, 18 November 2003.

iPod In-Ear Headphones product photograph

Juanibb · CC BY-SA 3.0

What Apple announced

iPod In-Ear Headphones

AirPods · Headphones · discontinued 25 June 2009

Apple Inc. has produced and sold headphones since 2001, available for standalone purchase and bundled with iPhone (until 2020) and iPod (until 2022) products. Apple's current product line consists of EarPods (wired earbuds available with a 3.5mm headphone, Lightning connector, and USB-C), AirPods and AirPods Pro (wireless Bluetooth earbuds), and AirPods Max (wireless Bluetooth over-ear headphones). The idea for modern Apple headphones, specifically the AirPods, came from a team led by Bart André, Jonathan Ive, and Richard Howarth, under the vision of Steve Jobs.

Xserve Cluster Node G5

Mac · Xserve · discontinued 7 August 2006

The archive holds no written summary for this product. Its photographs, family, and dates are on its product page.

Photographs from this announcement

Xserve Cluster Node G5 product photograph — Xserve Cluster Node G5

Also in 2004

Sources

iPod In-Ear Headphones · Wikipedia
Xserve Cluster Node G5 · Wikipedia

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