Creative Nomad: How Apple 'Stole' the iPod

Before the iPod, there was the Creative NOMAD Jukebox. In September 2000, a Singaporean technology company released a $499 portable music player that could hold six gigabytes of music. It was bulky, slow and ran on four AA batteries. But it could carry an entire music collection in your pocket. Four months later, Steve Jobs reportedly visited Creative's booth at Macworld and began praising the device. According to a later federal lawsuit, Apple wanted Creative to build a smaller version. The two companies discussed working together. Creative turned down the proposed...