Apple discontinues the iPod touch

Apple's last portable music player has now been discontinued. The company has said that it will continue to sell it while supplies last. But there won't be any new units made. This announcement marks the end of the digital music era that Apple started with the first iPod in 2001. The iPod touch was designed by the same team that later made the iPhone, and it was last updated in 2019. An iPod Classic was the first gadget I bought myself when I started working, so seeing this era close is quite nostalgic for me.

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The Apple Beat: My iPod Chronicles

 

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

With 300 million units sold in ten years, the iPod is possibly Apple's most successful product and the one series of devices that managed to transform and then dominate the digital music player market. Evolving from being purely an MP3 player to a true personal media player and, with newer iterations approximating the features of the iPhone, the next best thing to a handheld computer and PDA. This is my iPod story as I look back at the iPods I've owned and what made them so special.

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