Farewell, iPod

It was a music revolution and now it's over. Apple is ending production of the iPod after almost 22 years.

Eric got me the big, fancy one with the silver back for Christmas one year. I loaded it up with so many songs - and I still have it! Basically every glam band ever is on that iPod. I haven't used it in forever because I just stream Amazon Music from my phone, but it was so handy to have all those songs at the touch of a spin. It made workouts and traveling way more awesome and made digital music the platform of choice for most. The technology also helped kill the full album, since purchasing songs as one-offs really became big with the iPod.

The last model available is the iPod Touch and Apple will keep selling them until shelves are bare - so get shopping if you want one!

The iPod news called for a nostalgic journey to the decade of white earbuds & dancing silhouettes.

iPod changed Apple. Or as someone else put it: With the iPod, Apple "showed the world they had an atomic bomb, and 5 yrs later they had a nuclear arsenal"https://t.co/FZpC8TaBiW

— Tripp Mickle (@trippmickle) May 10, 2022

Apple says it is discontinuing production of the last iPod model it still sells -- the iPod Touch -- effectively bringing an end to the iconic product line that helped usher in a new era for the music industry and the tech giant. https://t.co/YUcemFShG3

— CNN (@CNN) May 10, 2022

Comments

[texjay]

I am still mourning the demise of my Sony Waterproof Walkman...crap I'm old.

[Kixchix]

That’s hilarious texjay. Bought a boom box from Amazon to listen to mixed tapes I still have. A lost art. I also have an iPod with gems on it that got watered lawn summer in yard. Rice? No dice. Hope that I can salvage some of the tunes from a crap MacBook that is aging and slow.

[Jeff]

Still have two of them fully loaded!

[Him]

So, so biased, Allyson. Where is your heartfelt tribute to the Zune?

It took me a long time to write that, as I was choking back tears (and laughter).

I truly wish someone came up with a good player that played MP3 and MP4 files, as I am one who still likes these sorts of devices (as I won't pay for data to stream music while I am walking from my tent to the soup kitchen).

And, by the way, when is creating a walled garden a thing to celebrate? Oh, yeah, when it is Apple. Why? Because it won't fall from the tree . . . EVER!