First Generation Ipod

As we already mentioned, the firstgeneration
iPod appeared in October
2001. It came in 5-gigabyte (GB) and
10-GB models.
One of the quickest and easiest ways to
tell if you have a first-generation iPod
is to look at the scroll wheel. On the
first-generation iPod, the scroll wheel
is mechanical—it physically moves
. No other iPod has this
feature. The control buttons—Play/
Pause, Menu, Forward, and Reverse—
are also mechanical, and they all appear
around the scroll wheel.
The first-generation iPod connects to
computers and other devices through a
FireWire port, which you find at the top
of the unit. Unlike later
models, the first-generation iPod connects
exclusively through FireWire. It does not
support any other type of data connection.