Amaya Toman iPod ya kasance wani ɓangare na kewayon samfuran Apple tun 2001, lokacin da aka saki ƙarni na farko. Ko da yake ya yi nisa da kasancewa ɗan wasan kiɗa na farko a tarihi, ya kawo sauyi a kasuwa ta wata hanya kuma cikin sauri ya sami farin jini a tsakanin masu amfani. Tare da kowane ƙarni na gaba na mai kunnawa, Apple yayi ƙoƙarin kawo labarai da haɓakawa ga abokan cinikin sa. iPod na ƙarni na huɗu bai banbanta ba, wanda aka sabunta shi tare da dabaran danna mai amfani.
"Mafi kyawun na'urar kiɗan dijital ta samu kyautatuwa," in ji Steve Jobs a lokacin da aka fitar da shi. Kamar yadda aka saba, ba kowa ne ke raba sha’awar sa ba. Apple yana yin kyau sosai lokacin da aka saki iPod na ƙarni na huɗu. iPods suna sayar da kyau, kuma kantin sayar da kiɗa na iTunes, wanda a lokacin yana bikin murnar sayar da waƙoƙi miliyan 100, ma bai yi mummunan aiki ba.
Kafin ƙarni na huɗu iPod ya ga hasken rana a hukumance, an yi ta rade-radin cewa sabon sabon abu zai sake fasalin gaba ɗaya daga kai zuwa ƙafa. Misali, an yi maganar nunin launi, tallafi don haɗin Bluetooth da Wi-Fi, sabon ƙirar gaba ɗaya kuma har zuwa 60GB na ajiya. Dangane da irin wannan tsammanin, a gefe guda, wani rashin jin daɗi daga ɓangaren masu amfani ba zai iya yin mamaki ba, duk da haka yana iya zama kamar mu a yau cewa wani zai dogara sosai akan hasashe na daji.
Don haka mafi mahimmancin ƙirƙira a cikin ƙarni na huɗu na iPod shine maɓallin dannawa, wanda Apple ya gabatar da iPod mini, wanda aka saki a cikin wannan shekarar. Maimakon dabarar gungurawa ta zahiri, kewaye da maɓalli daban-daban tare da ƙarin ayyuka na sarrafawa, Apple ya gabatar da Wheel Click Wheel don sabon iPod, wanda ke da cikakkiyar taɓawa kuma gaba ɗaya ya hade cikin saman iPod. Amma dabaran ba kawai sabon abu ba ne. Ƙarni na huɗu iPod shine farkon "babban" iPod don bayar da caji ta hanyar haɗin USB 2.0. Apple ya kuma yi aiki da mafi kyawun rayuwar batir a gare shi, wanda ya yi alkawarin aiki har zuwa sa'o'i goma sha biyu akan caji guda.
A lokaci guda kuma, kamfanin Cupertino ya sami damar isa ga ƙarin farashi mai sauƙi tare da sabon iPod. Nau'in da ke da 20GB na ajiya ya kai $299 a lokacin, nau'in 40GB ya kashe mai amfani da dala dari. Daga baya, Apple kuma ya fito da ƙayyadaddun bugu na iPod - a cikin Oktoba 2004, misali, U2 iPod 4G ya fito, kuma a cikin Satumba 2005, Harry Potter Edition, sanye take da littattafan sauti na al'ada na JK Rowling.
