{"id":444902,"date":"2022-05-10T23:42:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T20:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/after-20-years-the-ipod-is-dead\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T23:42:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T20:42:28","slug":"after-20-years-the-ipod-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/after-20-years-the-ipod-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"#After 20 years, the iPod is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2884feb17e3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2884feb17e3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/after-20-years-the-ipod-is-dead\/#%E2%80%9CAfter_20_years_the_iPod_is_dead%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;After 20 years, the iPod is dead&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAfter_20_years_the_iPod_is_dead%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;After 20 years, the iPod is dead&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F05%2FiPod-dead-copy.jpg&amp;signature=c4fdfe4825fbc54de4985aeb54c9565a\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                            The iPod was released a little over 20 years ago, forever changing the tech industry and helping redefine <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le products as luxury items \u2014 not just gadgets.<\/p>\n<p>The iPod is now dead.<\/p>\n<p>Apple today discontinued the last iPod model it still sold, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/shop\/buy-ipod\/ipod-touch\">iPod Touch<\/a>. And lest you think the company has another <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> player around the corner, its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2022\/05\/the-music-lives-on\/\">press release<\/a> made it pretty clear the iPod is no more. Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing, Greg Joswiak, says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMusic has always been part of our core at Apple, and bringing it to hundreds of millions of users in the way iPod did impacted more than just the music industry \u2014 it also redefined how music is discovered, listened to, and shared.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the spirit of iPod lives on. We\u2019ve integrated an incredible music experience across all of our products, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini, and across Mac, iPad, and Apple TV. And Apple Music delivers industry-leading sound quality with support for spatial audio \u2014 there\u2019s no better way to enjoy, discover, and experience music.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I repeat: the iPod is dead.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll admit, I don\u2019t have too many sentimental words to share about the iPod. I was the weird Zune guy, so you\u2019re better off reading my colleague Callum\u2019s retrospective if you\u2019d like to scroll the ol\u2019 click wheel down memory lane.<\/p>\n<p>But even an Apple-averse guy like myself can\u2019t deny how important the iPod was. It was the rare category-defining product, one that married form and function in a way few products have since.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are still plenty of media players for the portable music diehards out there; Sony is still selling <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/electronics.sony.com\/audio\/walkman-digital-recorders\/c\/walkman-mp3-players\">Walkmans<\/a> (Walkmen?) worth thousands of dollars. And it\u2019s not like the iPod Touch was selling very well, or Apple wouldn\u2019t have discontinued it. Most people\u2019s music needs are served well enough by their iPhone and Android devices.<\/p>\n<p>But as nice as it is to have phones that can do a bit of everything, there\u2019s something to be said about a device that was just really good at one thing.<\/p>\n<p>Apple says it\u2019ll continue to sell the iPod Touch while supplies last. Something tells me they won\u2019t last long, if only because people will buy them out of nostalgia. 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The iPod is now dead. Apple today discontinued the last iPod model it still sold, the iPod Touch. 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