Apple Says Final iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle Models Are Now Obsolete

[MacBH928]

Those were all the rage for early teenagers, iconic of the time.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Not me!

Have a fleet of iPod Shuffle Gen4's (and one 4GB Gen3 specifically for running) that are essential daily drivers for me during workouts and walks

Product is unmatched for these usages and it's real real shame they never made a shuffle with built in Bluetooth. With my Gen4's I do use a BT dongle + AirPods 2

 

[pshufd]

I have an iPod Nano 7 that still works though it could use a new battery. I asked Apple and they said that they couldn't do it so I think that they stopped providing service for them years ago. I tried to get iFixit and other local places to replace the battery but they said no. There are kits on Amazon for replacing the battery and I will look into those.

I also have an iPod nano 1 that my wife uses daily and an iPod nano 5 that's in a drawer but it works. I just don't like wired headphones anymore. I take the nano when I want music but I don't want to bring my phone. I have music on my watch but the interface on the nano is easier to use. I have an iPod Touch 4 but it doesn't really work with my Beats Fit Pro.

 

[psxp]

rip iPods

 

[zapmymac]

First Gen Shuffle was a great device. Simple, robust and a joy to use. Bought mine the day I got my first real job and it only died last year, after being my wife’s running device of choice for several years. I added an OG Nano and that was also super awesome, becoming my home office sound system when I worked for myself. The Nano survived being washed. Dropped. Tossed in bags by accident. Kept on rolling for at least 10 years. Then it just never turned on.

Now I use my Watch for music while running or commuting. A good successor but…I’m not quite as carefree with it.

The Shuffle was simple, affordable and stylish. A really ‘Apple’ device that you didn’t need to sell a kidney for. The last thing Apple brought out that really got my attention, like the Shuffle, was the AirTag - something genuinely useful to my everyday life.

My first gen is still going as well. I’ve even got the lanyard still 😬

 

[sjsharksfan12]

I miss the Ipod era. I know I'm getting old and we need to move on, but I loved that little thing, the Free Itunes song of the week every Tuesday, looking (And failing to find) the .69 cent songs on Itunes, and just the whole music industry changing (Thanks Metallica). It was good times.

 

[psxp]

I still remember the day Steve said "It's so small, you can easily carry it in your pocket" it was truly magical when he took out of his pocket the iPod nano, I just couldn't believe it, Steve was beyond everything we see nowadays, miss you Steve.

I remember that too. I remember cheering so loudly when he did that! Those were the great old days eh..

 

[steve333]

I just used my iPod Classic.
Tim Cook was foolish for discontinuing the iPod. They were still selling and would have made a lot more money for Apple Music (why he changed it from iTunes is beyond me) if they were still for sale.
I'm sure people would rather listen to a dedicated music player tnan their iPhone

 

[tonywalker23]

I finally feel seen.

I see you. I won’t post the link, the mods always delete my post and say I'm trying to self promote… but in my sig the link about what I have written about technology. it sounds like you'd appreciate the introduction to my paper. it's a reflection on the first time I saw an iMac G4 and the magic of my first Mac, a 12" powerbook g4.

 

[macduke]

I started using Macs in 2001 in high school, then used them some in college until I got my own. Never had an iPod, closest I ever got was the Motorola ROKR E1, which had an iPod-like interface and was excruciatingly slow to sync with iTunes, but overall it just really sucked. When I married my wife I inherited some early generation iPod that has a lot of buttons. It's in a tub in our storage closet somewhere. The only devices I keep out on display are first gen: the iPhone, the iPad, and the Apple Watch.

Who remembers when people were so desperate for an Apple Watch that they turned that square iPod Nano into a watch? I remember trying to buy one on Craigslist at the time but they were hard to come by and people kept ghosting me. Eventually I decided I was being dumb and stopped looking.

 

[Victor Mortimer]

Any iPod is better than using my phone for playing music. The Music app is surprisingly bad even by Apple's standards. Courage.

It's like they heard all the complaints about iTunes and said "They think iTunes is bad? Hold my beer, we'll show them BAD!"

 

[sjsharksfan12]

I still remember the day Steve said "It's so small, you can easily carry it in your pocket" it was truly magical when he took out of his pocket the iPod nano, I just couldn't believe it, Steve was beyond everything we see nowadays, miss you Steve.

What little I've seen from the Steve Jobs announcements the difference between him and Cook were really easy to spot. The thing I don't like about the events now is they don't speak to the common consumer. They get into specific tech specifications and it comes across as boring. When Jobs was doing it, he made it so simple and easy to understand. I think the closest Apple ever got to something like that was the Itunes joke they made when they separated the different features (Podcasts, Music, etc).

 

[mandopicker101]

For sure - I miss the Steve-era announcements: just him taking the floor, teasing us for 5 minutes then demo-ing a device improbably small/thin/light/powertful/made of Unobtanium, sometimes wheeling in a VP to talk about something specific but nothing ultra detailed. Always ‘It just works’.

The cinematic treatment nowadays is kinda fun, but not the same. I like Craig Federighi’s style of presenting new devices/features and could see him take the top spot at Apple one day.