Wow sad day. The 1st gen Nano was my gateway drug into the Apple ecosystem.
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Apple Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle
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Yea, that's what I really meant .... The everyday music player is pretty much dead. I still have a 120gb 7 Gen and a Zune player. My 7 Gen iPod is still compatible with new cars without the need for an AUX cable. And my Zune player still has amazing sound quality. Besides the niche expensive music players for audiophiles, nothing else is even worth buying nowadays, cause we have our smartphones.
Perfect for exercise. Needed update. They should make them hi-res as players from Sony, Fiio, and other companies are getting popular. Apple, you need to get into hi-res music!
In apple's mind, yes it does. It looks like they've addressed the music syncing issues with watchOS 4, but I don't own a Watch yet, so I could be wrong.
Steve Jobs prided himself in that Apple's entire product line could fit on one table at the Apple Store. A slim product line helps focus the company on its overall goal. Too many products confuse the consumer and distract the company.
This was a good first step in returning to that ideal.
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That's what they make the Apple Watch for. You don't have to carry anything. And it's built for fitness tracking.
You may as well hold out for a month or so. The company which actually builds Apple Watches forecast growth for the second half of the year, implying a 'Series 3' Apple Watch will launch in September.
Yes, you can download songs into the Watch, but it was limited to one playlist I think? They've improved the experience with watchOS 4 (another reason to wait).
Don't be sad they're discontinued, be happy they existed at all.
Still keep my working iPod Nano 4th gen Product Red & iPod Shuffle about for occasional use and nostalgia. From my iPod 3rd gen 20GB to iPod Photo 60gb to iPod with video 5th gen + 1st gen shuffle, 1st gen Touch and nano 4th gen, and my wife's iPod mini 4GB, I loved them all. iConic devices.
Still keep my working iPod Nano 4th gen Product Red & iPod Shuffle about for occasional use and nostalgia. From my iPod 3rd gen 20GB to iPod Photo 60gb to iPod with video 5th gen + 1st gen shuffle, 1st gen Touch and nano 4th gen, and my wife's iPod mini 4GB, I loved them all. iConic devices.
Best Buy has both if you want one.
Apple should discontinue Cook and keep products.
Apple should discontinue Cook and keep products.
I bought the first generation shuffle. Unfortunately a mouse peed on it and it died. I've been sour on them ever since.
These are all valid criticisms, and ones that I think stem largely from their unprecedented growth. They need more stores. Furthermore, they can't make huge leaps in iPhone tech each year because new parts can't be sources in the hundreds of millions. This is why they're coming out with an iPhone Pro/X or whatever. It will be really expensive but have crazy new features that only have to be sourced in the low millions because less people will buy it. These features will then make it into newer base models in following years.
Unfortunate move. Many people have an iPhone but I don't want to take it with me jogging or to other activities and the small iPods wee ideal, also for kids as a first. But we need a Siri-ingtegrated speaker? I could do without the latter but not without a small iPod option.
Same here, I have a 64GB CF in the wife's car and a 128GB SD in mine, both 5th gen Video, so much simpler than trying to connect my phone each time. Sometimes, I'll even take it out of the car and PLUG a set of headphones in and listen, give's you a certain nostalgic feeling, like listening to vinyl.
I wonder if either of them will ever come back, a few years down the road maybe Apple will re-introduce them.
The iPad Nano 4th generation was my favorite. Best colors ever in an iPod and it came with a Terminator video camera feature that was never replicated by anyone in the iOS world.
My introduction to the iPod was a gen 1 black nano. It lived quite the life, surviving being run over and provided me lots of joy while driving back and forth to classes in the mid 2000s.
Still using a 2nd gen product Red nano at the gym; still going strong, no reason to use anything else.
People were still buying it - see Mac mini/Mac pro. Why improve on something, when people still buy the stale tech?
It's the Cook way!
The Nano was a stylish and cool device, and the shuffle was very clever.
A pity to see two stunning products discontinued.
Not everyone has a smartphone, and not everyone wants an Apple Watch.
For me, an iPod is for music, and I still revere (and listen to - almost daily) my trusty iPod classic which has - quite literally - travelled the world with me.
A pity to see two stunning products discontinued.
Not everyone has a smartphone, and not everyone wants an Apple Watch.
For me, an iPod is for music, and I still revere (and listen to - almost daily) my trusty iPod classic which has - quite literally - travelled the world with me.