What iPod revolution?

I like this piece about how unrevolutionary the iPod is.

http://www.slate.com/id/2152197/

For the past few years as everyone has had a little wet dream with their white ear buds, I've been like:

has everyone forgot that Sony invented portable music with the Walkman in 1979, and that MP3s have been floating around for a good decade before the iPod landed in our pockets claiming to be the next killer app?

But we here in America love fads and gorging on the hype of the new, even if it isn't.