The iPod Almost Wasn’t Apple’s 

It’s hard to imagine Apple without the iconic iPod. That small device was one of Apple’s most successful products right up until the iPhone came into play.

However, the iPod almost didn’t belong to Apple. The “father of the iPod,” Tony Fadell, took the idea of the portable music player to companies like RealNetworks and Phillips before approaching Apple.

Unfortunately for those companies, they turned the idea down because they didn’t see the potential behind it. Like Blockbuster, who refused to buy Netflix, these companies probably regretted it a few years later.