Creative Nomad Jukebox: The iPod Before the iPod

Portable MP3 players have been around since the late 1990s, but didn’t really gain traction until the turn of the millennium. Let’s check out -- and take apart -- one of the best hard drive-based players from the time before the iPod. Sources: PC Magazine, January 2001. Maximum PC magazine, March 2001. RioVolt CD player photo: Panasonic CD player photo: : Maximum PC magazine, February 2001. Kozmo catalog image: Nomad Jukebox box contents photo: AnandTech article about hard drive filesystem: Noma