Apple iPod Touch

Apple plans to discontinue the iPod Touch, marking the end of an era for the iconic musical device launched more than 20 years ago.

However, as smartphones like the iPhone surged in popularity and supported nearly all the features in an iPod, the device slowly became obsolete. The iPod helped revolutionize the music industry, fueling the shift toward digital platforms. The new Touch added support for augmented reality apps and group chat on FaceTime.

Basically an iPhone without the whole phone part, the iPod Touch will still be available “while supplies last,” and if you're seeking a dedicated music player ...

This could also help prepare the youngsters in your life for their first handset — the iPod Touch was my first iOS device back in 2008 or so, and by the time I got an iPhone a few years later, I was able to hit the ground running. Considering virtually everyone uses their smartphone as a music player, what’s the point of buying an iPod these days? Here’s where to buy the latest iPod Touch, and why you might want to.

The little device that made it possible to carry around thousands of songs is now obsolete. Apple's Steve Jobs Launches New Products and Music Service.

This is just the latest step in Apple's changes. Yet it upended not just the music experience for audiences, but music creation for artists, and the music industry. For those who weren't around, or who weren't able to afford such a device 21 years ago, try to imagine what it was like to carry clunky CDs or cassette tapes everywhere you went if you wanted a variety in your music.

We've 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 ...

Among the incredible ways to enjoy music across a range of devices, including a wide variety of models from the new iPhone SE to the latest iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone is the best device for streaming Apple Music or storing an entire music library on the go. “Music 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 — it also redefined how music is discovered, listened to, and shared,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Today, the spirit of iPod lives on. Since its introduction over 20 years ago,iPodhas captivated users all over the world who love the ability to take their music with them on the go.

Back in 2005, Jobs himself told Steven Levy that an iPod “is just a great digital music player.” That was his way of explaining that the iPod Shuffle—a $99 MP3 ...

Back when Apple introduced the first Apple Watch, Tim Cook called it “the most personal device we have ever created.” In retrospect, the iPod in its pre-Touch form has a pretty good claim on that title, simply because there aren’t many things that say more about people than the music they choose to keep with them at all times. Instead, they were deeply focused in a way that’s radically different from the modern experience of using an iPhone or iPod Touch. And it was a focus that would be impossible to recreate on any device that offers the App Store. (As of today, I guess that should be “what an iPod was.”) But there’s a fundamental difference between a gadget that’s about you and your music collection, and little else, and one that is also about socializing, productivity, gaming, fitness, reading, and pretty much every other aspect of life. In the early years of this century, the iPod turbocharged Apple’s comeback story and captured as much mindshare as any pre-iPhone gizmo ever had. Introduced in September 2007, the Touch has always been most easily described as a device that could do everything an iPhone could . . . except make phone calls. But there’s no mystery about why Apple chose to formally acknowledge that it’s ceasing production of the iPod Touch.

Apple announced Tuesday that the iPhone-iPod hybrid device released in 2007 will no longer be available after all its supplies run out. The move marks an end ...

The iPod Touch, introduced before the holiday shopping season of 2007, was called an iPhone without the phone -- a device for people who didn't subscribe to Apple's exclusive partner AT&T or live in the US, UK, France or Germany. The move marks an end not just for the handheld device but also an end to the iPod product line, which helped reshape the entertainment industry two decades ago. Apple's move marks an end to one of the most influential devices from the tech industry.

Apple discontinues the last iPod model · Apple is discontinuing the iPod touch. · It marks the end of an era of portable music devices Apple kicked off in 2001.

The $199 iPod touch can send iMessages and place FaceTime calls in addition to playing music, but can't make phone calls. The latest version was introduced in 2019. - Apple said the iPod touch will be available while supplies last.