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This is how these iPods evolved. Really a cool thought.

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Alexander Samuelson of the Root Glass Company in Terre Haute, Indiana, designed the distinctive shape, and it was patented on November 16, 1915.

The bottle was modified and slimmed down to work with the current bottling equipment and went into broader production in 1916. This contour bottle was the only packaging used by The Coca-Cola Company for 40 years until the king-size package was introduced in 1955.

Today, it is still the most recognized bottle in the world, and the shape is used for packaging from the new aluminum can to the 2-liter family size.

Zettabyte Era is appraching. It is estimated that we will reach Zettabyte era in the last quarter of 2015.

CISCO has published a very interesting infographic on this.

Few highlights…

2011: By the end of the year there will be more networked devices than people on earth.
2011: Digital screen surface area will reach 1 square foot per capita.
2015: There will be twice as many networked devices as people on earth.

Here is the Inforgraphic to visualize.

Keeping One TB portable device in pocket is not a big deal today. Storage devices industry is growing in a rapid manner.

However, sometimes we can visualize the facts by comparison; especially a  pictorial explanation. We definitely need a lot more  more floppy disks to meet 8GB