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iPod, RIP (2001 - 2022)

2022-05-10 23:31:43+00:00

Here’s the original Steve Jobs unveiling.

The iPod may not have been the originator in this space, but it was the first to do it “right”. At the time I had a Creative Nomad Jukebox. It was a gigantic and clunky thing. The interface sucked, transfer speeds were glacial, battery life was bad, couldn’t display Unicode characters, and it was super unreliable.

The iPod did so many things right. Small size. Simple and elegant interface. Super reliable. Great battery life. Fast data transfers thanks to FireWire. Supported Unicode. iTunes was a great media player. I couldn’t wait to use it, but I didn’t have a Mac. Thankfully it didn’t take long for people to figure out how to sync it on a PC, and then Apple released iTunes for Windows.

I loved the iPod. I’ve had many over the years until the iPhone basically made it obsolete. I still have an old iPod Classic. It has a dead battery but I’m thinking of resurrecting it and replacing the hard drive with an SD card adapter.
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