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The Guardian - UK

Technology

Jack Schofield

iPod -- The Perfect Thing

Another extract from Stephen Levy's book The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness, this time in Wired.

You may already have read the one published in Guardian Weekend: Oh no, not Steely Dan again.

The book will be published in the UK by Ebury Press on November 2 at £14.99.

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