Why was the ipod invention important?

the iPod, by Apple, is a wonderful thing. It is an intuitave portable media player with controls as simple as turning up the volume on an 8track, yet powerful enough to offer Movies, Music, and even Games, all on the same, ultra-portable device. Connect it to a computer and usablity compounds. By just Enabling Disk Mode, your pocket full of songs becomes a portable harddrive, while retaining it's media playing capablities. And with the large capacities now available, transferring files from computer to computer is simple. Also, leave a text or picture file in the Notes folder, and view it on the go.