It came in white and black, both with stainless steels back. A 4 GB model cost $249, as the original iPod mini did. Apple also sold a 2 GB player for $199. This made the iPod nano more expensive per ...

Remember the iPod mini? When Apple launched that in January 2004, at a time when a huge swathe of the fast-growing digital music player market was still up for grabs, people thought Apple was crazy.

Kim: But sales have been in decline for over a decade. How did the iPod go from being one of the most popular gadgets to being basically nonexistent? In 1999, the US music industry had its biggest ...