As 1pm rolls around here on the Eastern Time Zone, we want to Wish the iPod a very Happy 8th Birthday. It was 8 years ago today, October 23, 2001 at 1pm est that the original iPod was announced to the world.

Oh how time has gone by so quickly since you came out.  Back when you were introduced, you offered a WHOOPING 5 or 10 gig hard drive that could hold 1,000 songs and last up to 10 hours of music play back!

And now, you have grown up to be our little companion that not only plays songs, but let’s us receive calls, check email, play games and yes, run a lighting system!  So to help celebrate the iPod’s 8th birthday, we are running a little give away thanks to Zinman Software.

All you have to do is post a comment on this post with your name, email address (which will not be published) and lets us know which app you might like.  We are limiting everyone to one app for the moment, sorry!  We only have 8 copies of each of the following to give out.  Once they are taken, they are gone.

• TCP/IP Remote
• iSwitch
• PocketLD
• GelCal

HAPPY BIRTHDAY iPod!