No doubt! The Original iPod was the consumer breakthrough for FireWire 400 -- unless you count the MiniDisc players, but few people outside Japan cared about those (except me, wee!). I never gave up my NetMD player/recorder-- it was stolen!

But Apple (like Sony and Intel) were heavily invested in FireWire, and the iPod seemed like the perfect kickoff, especially since USB 2.0 wasn't ready when the 1st-Gen iPod premiered.