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#294 – Tony Fadell: iPhone, iPod, and Nest

Lex Fridman Podcast

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What Was the Motivation Behind the iPod?

Gleason: My whole world was out of box experience from when I was in high school. "I got to go fix the hardware and software, right? Or I got to fix the software to make the hardware and the installation process better" He says he had to man the customer support line, pack the boxes and write some of the code while we were doing quality computers. The iPod is a product of bootstrapping; it's an idea that has been around for decades.

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