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The drive’s enormous cache–32MB of solid-state RAM–virtually eliminates skipping; shaking the iPod vigorously and even banging it against things didn’t interrupt smooth play.

The iPod is 10 years old today. This snippet from the original article made me smile. I can still remember having a portable CD player with ‘ESP’, electronic shock protection to stop it skipping – though it only managed to do it if you didn’t shake it too much. That it was actually an issue…