But yes, there are still several situations where the new iPod makes perfect sense, like as a kid's mobile gaming system especially once Apple Arcade is out or for hospitals to track medical records and translate different languages or in retail and food service as a mobile register. Note that CNET may get a share of the revenue if you buy anything featured on our site. There are actually a number of businesses that use the iPod Touch in numerous ways.
Keeping the new iPod the exact same size as the previous one makes it easier for Apple employees to swap out devices without the need of replacing those special mobile register cases. These are three recent examples of Apple focusing on convenience and cost savings for a product update. Another target audience for a new iPod Touch is kids. Before hand-me-down iPhones and iPads were a thing, many parents gave their kids an iPod as a less expensive and less connected option.
This is going to be especially pertinent now that Apple has introduced Apple Arcade. For younger kids, an iPod Touch seems like it would be easier to hold than the much larger Switch.
It's also worth mentioning that Apple Arcade games don't include in-game purchases, so your credit card is protected too. With Apple finally starting to back away from iTunes , it raises even more iPod existential questions.
Nostalgia is an emotion that keeps coming up when people talk about the iPod, but as any neuroscientist will tell you it's because music and memory are intrinsically linked. Tony Fadell, the former Apple executive who designed and built the iPod, was in a reflective mood as the music player's 20th anniversary approached.
Fadell grew up listening to the Sony Walkman and, as fate would have it, was recruited by Steve Jobs 20 years later to craft what would be its digital replacement. The iPod soon became ubiquitous, so it's easy to forget that Apple didn't actually invent the digital music player. Fadell and his colleagues labored to create the iPod, which was unveiled on Oct. This was a portable music player with a 5GB hard drive, an easier way to load and buy songs, and the memorable tagline of "1, songs in your pocket.
It could also play people's carefully pirated curated MP3 collections. Nowadays, Fadell likens his iPod to a time capsule that he likes to visit from time to time: "You kind of jack in and you're like, 'I'm just right back to early s music and the music before that. Read more: 'Whoa whoa': iPod's inventor looks back on Apple's 'really big risks'. The iPod helped transform Apple from a struggling computer manufacturer to the world's biggest company.
Fadell told me the team was flying by the seat of its pants when it put together the iPod. But producing the first model was only half the battle. As with Apple itself, the secret to the iPod's longevity has been reinvention. The iPod went through multiple design changes in its lifetime — from a "dumb" music device packing a hard drive, to a screenless fob, all the way to what is now essentially a cut-down iPhone.
While the focus has been predominantly on music, the device gained a series of features over time. Fadell said the designers kept adding a little bit of capability each year so they "didn't overwhelm the users. This branching-out led to dozens of models over the years from the Nano to the Mini and ultimately to the Touch.
To a modern eye, the most inscrutable of these is the iPod Shuffle — a player without a screen and just a simple set of controls — but its philosophy of "running your own radio station" has also driven streaming services like Pandora and Spotify. Even with all of these variations, the one that looms largest is the iPod Classic , with its iconic scroll wheel and chunky, clutchable shape.
Despite its evolution, Apple's principle of keeping listeners in its closed ecosystem has been the key to the popularity of not just the iPod, but modern devices like the iPhone and iPad. As part of this process, Apple funnels any third-party purchases through its own lucrative App Store. Fadell said that in the early days this was done to improve compatibility.
The iPod also led to a number of inventions, including the Bluetooth speaker. Then when Apple changed from the pin plug to the Lightning connector — effectively killing the iPod dock — it was Bluetooth that proved to be the winning feature. We also wouldn't have podcasts without the iPod. How do I sell my iPod? Gadget GoGo really is the easiest way to sell iPod online! This website uses cookies to improve your experience.
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