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After 20 amazing years, the iPod is no more
With Apple ceasing production of the iPod touch, it’s time to say goodbye to an icon
IT ENDED WITH A PRESS RELEASE NO ONE EXPECTED, BUT NO ONE CAN HONESTLY SAY IT WAS ALL THAT SURPRISING.
In May, Apple announced that after over 20 years, the iPod lineup was coming to an end once its iPod touch inventory was exhausted. In an age when iPhone long ago overtook iPod as Apple’s most popular product, the news isn’t happy or sad but does officially end an era many of us won’t soon forget.
Released on October 23, 2001, weeks after 9/11, the first iPod filled a void few of us knew existed. In our hands was a device that, when connected to our Mac (and later Windows machines), could download our favourite music from iTunes for listening on the go.