iPod

2022 - 5 - 10

A Touching Goodbye for iPod (Daring Fireball)

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 ...

The iPod Shuffle with buttons. The original iPod Touch was just 8mm thick and weighed 120g. Much like, in some sense, the original iPod was, too. In the latter years of the iPhone era, the iPod Touch wasn’t exactly updated on a regular schedule. A brief moment later I came to my senses and recognized it for what it actually was: an iPod Touch. I was standing around, waiting for the doors to open for the keynote hall, looking for friends to say hello to. I was hanging around with M.G. Siegler that day — Siegler was then covering Apple for TechCrunch — and we were among the first to enter the hands-on area. The 7th-generation iPod Touch went on sale in May 2019; the previous model arrived in 2015. The original iPhone was 11.6mm thick and weighed 135g. Back in the Jobs era, Apple would post things to the “Hot News” page of apple.com and when it was no longer hot or news, it would just disappear. It was, basically, spec-for- spec an iPhone without the phone. “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.

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Apple says the iPod Touch is available 'while supplies last' (The Verge)

While Apple may be done with making dedicated music players, the company says that “the spirit of iPod lives on” in all of its devices that play music, such as ...

Correction, May 10th 1:49PM ET: The original version of this article said that the seventh-gen iPod Touch was released alongside the iPhone 7. The sixth-gen iPod Touch launched in 2015. You couldn’t not make the iPhone successful because you were cannibalizing the iPod business.” The iPod Touch going away marks the end of an era. In a news post on Tuesday, the company says that it will sell the current Touch “while supplies last.” The seventh-gen iPod Touch Apple discontinued Tuesday was introduced in 2019 via a press release.

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Apple Stops Production of iPods, After Nearly 22 Years (The New York Times)

After nearly 22 years, Apple is stopping production of the devices that changed consumer electronics and led to the creation of the iPhone.

The iPhone continued to draw on the blend of software and services that made the iPod succeed. Still, Mr. Jobs pushed for Apple to make the iPod smaller and more powerful. At the time, a service called Napster was tormenting the music industry, making it possible for people to share any song with anyone around the world for free. Perhaps the iPod’s most important contribution was its role as a catalyst for the creation of the iPhone. As mobile phone makers began introducing devices that could play music, Apple executives worried about being leapfrogged by better technology. In essence, it made possible a Sony Walkman-size digital player with a capacity multitudes greater than anything that existed in the market. It powered Mr. Jobs’s vision for how people would purchase music in the digital age. In the late 1990s, the first digital music players were beginning to appear. It also demonstrated how the company was seldom first to market with a new product but often triumphed. The days of buying and owning 99-cent songs on an iPod largely gave way to monthly subscription offerings that provide access to broader catalogs of music. Since introducing the iPod in 2001, Apple has sold an estimated 450 million of them, according to Loup Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in tech research. The iPod began with a modest goal: Let’s create a music product that makes people want to buy more Macintosh computers. It exploded in popularity in the years that followed, creating what became known as the iPod generation.

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The iPod Touch is being discontinued — here's how to still buy one ... (CNN)

After more than 20 years, the iPod is officially discontinued. Here's where you can still buy the latest iPod Touch while supplies last, and why you might ...

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.

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The iPod is dead (TechCrunch)

Apple announced the iPod is dead, remaining for sale while supplies last. If you were considering purchasing one, buy now or forever hold your peace.

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El iPod de Apple dejará de fabricarse luego de 21 años en el mercado (BBC Mundo)

Apple acaba de anunciar que descontinuará la producción del iPod Touch, el heredero del primer iPod Classic lanzado en 2001. El dispositivo táctil era el único ...

El iPod no fue el primer reproductor de MP3 en el mercado, al igual que el iPhone no fue el primer teléfono inteligente, pero ese diseño único de Apple demostró ser el impulso que necesitaba la música digital para comenzar a seducir a la gente que era fiel a los reproductores de CD y casetes, o a los archivos en la computadora. Apple acaba de anunciar que descontinuará la producción del iPod Touch, el heredero del primer iPod Classic lanzado en 2001. El iPod de Apple dejará de fabricarse luego de 21 años en el mercado

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Apple descontinúa su último modelo de iPod - KESQ (KESQ)

Apple dijo que los clientes pueden seguir comprando un dispositivo iPod Touch “hasta agotar existencias”. La compañía también señaló que los clientes ahora ...

A mediados de 2007, se habían vendido más de 100 millones de dispositivos iPod. “Apple siempre ha llevado la música en los genes. Presentado por primera vez por el cofundador y entonces CEO de Apple, Steve Jobs, en 2001, el iPod ayudó a impulsar el tremendo éxito de Apple con los dispositivos portátiles. El iPod atrajo a los clientes con su característica rueda de desplazamiento y la promesa inicial de almacenar “hasta 1.000 canciones con calidad de CD” en un dispositivo que cabe en el bolsillo.

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El iPod Touch está oficialmente muerto, Apple le dio el tiro de gracia (Digital Trends Español)

Apple anunció este 10 de mayo que la serie de iPod Touch oficialmente se declara muerto, ya que se dejará de producir y buscará agotar sus últimas unidades.

Hemos integrado una experiencia musical increíble en todos nuestros productos, desde el iPhone hasta el Apple Watch y el HomePod mini, y en Mac, iPad y Apple TV. Y Apple Music ofrece una calidad de sonido líder en la industria con soporte para audio espacial: no hay mejor manera de disfrutar, descubrir y experimentar la música”. - Los usuarios de Android son mejores conductores que los de iOS “Los clientes pueden comprar el iPod touch a través de apple.com, ubicaciones de Apple Store y distribuidores autorizados de Apple hasta agotar existencias”.

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Apple pone punto final al iPod, el aparato que revolucionó el ... (Cinco Días)

Desde su lanzamiento en 2001, el iPod se enfrentó a una tormenta de reproductores de música de la competencia antes de ser eclipsado por los teléfonos ...

El iPod Touch, la única versión del reproductor de música portátil que aún se vende, estará disponible hasta agotar existencias, dijo Apple en un blog el martes. El iPod ha pasado por varias versiones desde su creación, con una rueda de desplazamiento, capacidad para almacenar 1000 canciones y una batería de 10 horas de duración. La versión que se ha llevado hasta la fecha, el iPod Touch, se lanzó en 2007, el mismo año que el iPhone. Apple dejó de informar sobre las ventas de iPod en 2015.

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20 años después, Apple ha dejado de fabricar el iPod (Gizmodo en Español)

El reproductor de música digital descansará en paz una vez que se agote el iPod Touch.

Cuando Jobs lo presentó por primera vez en 2001, el iPod original fue descrito como un disco duro portátil con música de calidad CD que te permite comprar canciones a un precio bajo y guardarlas en tu bolsillo. Para mi colega Andrew Liszewski, es el iPod Shuffle sin pantalla, por su diseño básico y su funcionalidad simple. Para muchos, el iPod fue la puerta de entrada a la música digital.

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Apple Discontinuing the iPod Touch, the Last iPod Model (Today.com)

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.

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Apple entierra su emblemático iPod (FRANCE 24)

Apple anunció este martes que dejara de producir el iPod, su famoso reproductor de música que revolucionó la industria musical al principio de la década del ...

"El espíritu del iPod perdura. Este accesorio contribuyó ampliamente en hacer de la firma de la manzana el mastodonte que es hoy, ya que el iPod inspiró el iPhone. El iPod seguirá estando disponible en los puntos de venta de la marca hasta agotar existencias, precisó la firma de Cupertino, California.

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¡A tocarle 'Las Golondrinas' al iPod! Apple anuncia que lo ... (El Financiero)

El iPod de Apple, un dispositivo innovador que revolucionó las industrias de la música y la electrónica hace más de dos décadas, ya no existe.

En ese momento, la compañía dejó de fabricar el iPod classic, una versión con una rueda de clic y una pantalla pequeña que era más similar a la versión original. En 2017, Apple dejó de fabricar sus reproductores de música más pequeños, el iPod Nano y el iPod Shuffle. El modelo de pantalla táctil, que se lanzó en 2007, mejorará a la venta hasta que se agoten las existencias.

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Apple is discontinuing its last iPod model - CNN (CNN)

Apple (AAPL) said customers can continue to purchase an iPod Touch device "while supplies last." The company also noted that customers can now listen to their ...

The iPod drew customers with its signature scroll wheel and the initial promise of holding "up to 1,000 CD-quality songs" on a device that fits in your pocket. said customers can continue to purchase an iPod Touch device "while supplies last." That same year, Apple unveiled the iPhone, which was in many ways the spiritual heir to the iPod Touch. The smartphone, and other Apple devices that followed, eventually made the iPod feel like a relic of the past, long before it was officially discontinued.

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Apple ends production of its iconic iPod (NBC News)

The iPod Touch will still be available for purchase online and at Apple Store locations “while supplies last.” Apple CEO Steve Jobs displays the iPod Mini ...

said another Twitter user, who linked to images of the iPod over time. With an internet connection, the latest iPod Touch can send iMessages and make FaceTime calls. It launched the iPod Touch, which looked like an iPhone, in 2007.

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Apple descontinúa su último modelo de iPod (CNN)

Apple dijo que los clientes pueden seguir comprando un dispositivo iPod Touch "hasta agotar existencias". La compañía también señaló que los clientes ahora ...

A mediados de 2007, se habían vendido más de 100 millones de dispositivos iPod. "Apple siempre ha llevado la música en los genes. Presentado por primera vez por el cofundador y entonces CEO de Apple, Steve Jobs, en 2001, el iPod ayudó a impulsar el tremendo éxito de Apple con los dispositivos portátiles. El iPod atrajo a los clientes con su característica rueda de desplazamiento y la promesa inicial de almacenar "hasta 1.000 canciones con calidad de CD" en un dispositivo que cabe en el bolsillo.

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Death Of The iPod: The Real Reason Apple Killed Off The iPod (Forbes)

Of course, back in 2001, when the first iPod launched, it was all about freedom. Just as the Sony Walkman had freed us before so we could take our music with us ...

While the iPod touch does most of the things an iPhone can, it’s hard to get away from the idea that came with its launch, that it is all about music. It’s fair to say that having an iPod equivalent in every iPhone from the first up until the iPhone 13 Pro Max, made a separate device in your pocket less important. The Apple iPod wasn’t the first digital player but it was the best-looking, the coolest and by far the easiest to use. But the big change came when Spotify arrived and meant you could stream music. No longer did we have to listen to the 10 songs on a retail cassette or CD, or twice that on a home-crafted mix tape. Just take a look at the image at the top of this post: the pleasantly tactile clickwheel, the shiny finish, even the onscreen font all have a gorgeous, classic look.

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The iPod made the iPhone possible (The Verge)

Apple grew into the behemoth it is today thanks to the iPhone. But much of the momentum and ideas it had that helped it create the smartphone came from its ...

As iPhone sales took off like a rocket, fewer and fewer people bought iPods. In 2010, the iPad (which Apple dreamed up as a touchscreen device before it came up with the idea for the iPhone) was introduced. The Touch was also the last easily pocketable device that Apple sold with (say it with me now) a headphone jack. That type of success doesn’t come down to any one factor; it happens thanks to a decade-plus-long series of good decisions and solid marketing. The iPod’s importance at Apple continued to diminish over the next decade. At the time, those would’ve been second-gen Shuffles, first and second-gen iPod Touches, fourth-gen Nanos, and the iPod Classic. It had launched the iTunes Music Store in 2003 as a way to purchase digital music for your then-new third-gen iPod. And Apple started selling movies on iTunes in 2006 as it built out its infrastructure for the age of portable media consumption. Starting at $199 for a 32GB model, it was the cheapest iOS device you could buy new from Apple. That honor now falls to the entry-level iPad, which starts at $329 for a 64GB model. Jobs used that as a selling point when introducing it, saying that iPod owners would already know how to set up their phone and would likely have their data already in iTunes. And after you set the phone up, you’d see an app called iPod on it — its icon depicting a classic scrollwheel-adorned device. This week, Apple announced that it’s discontinuing the iPod Touch, its last product with the “iPod” name. By the time it launched in 2008, Apple already had half a decade of experience building and maintaining a digital storefront. But while the original iMac stabilized Apple as a company, Apple was still a niche player when it came to the overall consumer electronics market. In 2002, Apple sold around 400,000 iPods, according to Statista. By 2006, Apple was selling 39 million of them a year.

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RIP iPod, you walked so smartphones could run (TechCrunch)

A long, long time ago before the iPod, MP3 players were badly designed devices with insufficient storage. The market was ripe for a change, and Steve Jobs, ...

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RIP, iPod Touch, the last remaining iPod (Yahoo Tech)

Apple announced Tuesday that the iPod Touch will join the Classic, Mini, Nano, and Shuffle in the iPod graveyard.

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Apple anuncia que dejará de fabricar el iPod touch (Dallas Morning News AldiaDallas)

Apple anunció que descontinuará el último modelo de iPod, con lo que pondrá fin a la línea de productos que revolucionó la forma de escuchar música.

After 21 years, Apple finally discontinued the iPod. Which iPod was your favorite? “Hoy, el espíritu del iPod sigue vivo. Pese a su popularidad, los iPods cayeron en desuso, debido a la penetración en el mercado de otros dispositivos que ya integraban la función para escuchar música.

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It's the end of the road for the iPod (ZDNet)

It's no surprise that Apple is finally dropping the iPod Touch from its lineup. The device last saw an update in 2019, and estimated sales compared to the ...

While the rise and fall of the iPod is a fascinating story, the technical progress that it represents is also quite amazing. But all things must come to an end, and with the continued meteoric rise of the iPhone and the change from playing stored music to cloud-based streaming, it was inevitable that the iPod line would eventually come to an end. It's no surprise that Apple is finally dropping the iPod Touch from its lineup.

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Apple sells out of all 256GB iPod touch colors (AppleInsider)

A day after announcing the iPod touch would remain on sale only while stocks last, the 256GB versions of every color model have already sold out.

It also, though, means that the lowest cost iOS device is now the iPhone SE, which at $429, is over $200 more expensive than the base iPod touch was. At time of writing, it is no longer possible to buy a 256GB iPod touch in any of its six different colors. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content.

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Apple deja de producir iPod más de 20 años después (San Diego Union-Tribune en Español)

Joswiak reivindicó en el comunicado que “el espíritu de iPod sigue vivo” en todos los otros productos de Apple que permiten reproducir y compartir canciones.

“La música siempre ha sido parte central de Apple, y llevarla a cientos de millones de usuarios de la manera en que iPod lo hizo no solo impactó a la industria musical, sino que también redefinió la manera de descubrirla, escucharla y compartirla”, dijo Greg Joswiak, vicepresidente de Mercadotecnia de la compañía. Apple afirmó que desde hace más de 20 años “el iPod ha cautivado a usuarios de todo el mundo que adoran la posibilidad de llevar la música consigo dondequiera que vayan”, pero esta función está hoy presente en otros productos de la compañía, como iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad y Mac. El gigante tecnológico Apple anunció este martes el fin de la fabricación de iPod, una línea de reproductores de música portátiles que lanzó en 2001 y que ha perdido popularidad con el desarrollo de otro tipo de dispositivos.

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