RIP iPod . It was a infernal region of a drive .
Apple today announced the iPod Touch , the last remaining iPod , would only be available while supply last , cross out the end of a 20 - year era for the dedicated portable music player .
For many , the iPod was the gateway to digital medicine . But in the same way that it helped kill the CD , the iPod ’s days became numbered the moment Steve Jobs step on stagecoach in 2007 to bring out the iPhone , which the Apple co - founder described as a combining of a “ widescreen iPod with touch controls , ” a mobile phone , and an cyberspace communicator .
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When it was first revealed by Jobs in 2001 , the original iPod was described as a portable hard drive with compact disc - quality music that let you buy song at a low Leontyne Price and store them in your pocket . It ’s hard to make that speech sound revolutionary in today ’s world , but it was groundbreaking at a time when people were deport around CD player , alter out discs to go from one album to another .
“ With iPod , Apple has fabricate a whole new category of digital euphony actor that lets you put your integral music collection in your pouch and listen to it wherever you go , ” Jobs said . “ With iPod , listening to music will never be the same again . ”
The iPod went through countless iteration , giving customers more portable option for using on a discharge or at the gym , but also larger ones with big screens ( for the time ) for easy piloting . With each passing year , Apple whittled down its options by killing off the iPod Nano , iPod Shuffle , and iPod Mini . For the past few year , all that remained was the iPod touch . Now , it too will meet its remnant .
A machine I still hold tightlipped to my essence is a 3rd Gen Nano , a stumpy rectangle with a tiny display and that signature lily-white telephone dial . I think blowing my eardrums out hear with those terrible included earbuds to emo set like Circa Survive , Death Cab for Cutie , or Taking Back Sunday . Hell , I still listen to some of the artist I discovered while switch through iTunes . We all have our favorite iPod . For my co-worker Andrew Liszewski , it ’s the blind - lessiPod Shuffle , for its basic invention and simple functionality .
If you desire to own the current last surviving iPod , the iPod ghost is still availablefor $ 199 on Apple ’s web site . Otherwise , let ’s pour out some drinks at the iPod ’s wake and chat about our iPod remembering .
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