The device that would eventually be called the iPod was the result of a crash development program that took place over less than a year. Rubinstein led the iPod development team along with Tony Fadell, a gadget whiz who had previously worked at Philips Electronics. Apple did indeed bring its unique design magic to the project, under Jobs’s famously exacting tutelage. In April of 2001, the iPod team presented their prototypes to Jobs in person.
