Apple discontinues iPod, 20 years after it was released | Science & Tech Information

Apple has discontinued the iPod, 20 years after it was released.

The US tech large stated its iconic music participant has been replaced by other devices, making the iPod redundant.

Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice-president of worldwide advertising and marketing, said: "Right this moment, the spirit of iPod lives on.

"We've integrated an unbelievable music expertise throughout all of our merchandise, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini, and throughout Mac, iPad, and Apple TV.

"And Apple Music delivers industry-leading sound high quality with help for spatial audio - there is no better technique to enjoy, uncover, and experience music."

In October 2001, Steve Jobs debuted the original iPod and it was the first MP3 player that could hold 1,000 songs and had a 10-hour battery life.

"With iPod, Apple has invented a complete new class of digital music player that lets you put your whole music assortment in your pocket and take heed to it wherever you go," he mentioned on the time.

"With iPod, listening to music will never be the same again."

Comparable MP3 players launched by Microsoft and Sony didn't have the identical success as the iPod.

Apple has launched 5 variations of its music participant - the Basic, Touch, Shuffle, Mini and Nano.

The corporate has been slowly killing its iPod range in recent years, with cell phone know-how enabling customers to listen to music providers on their telephones.

In 2014, the basic click wheel mannequin was discontinued, and the Shuffle and Nano have been killed off three years later.

The seventh-generation iPod touch was the only mannequin still on sale today.

With out the iPod, there would by no means have been an iPhone or iPod, in line with its inventor Tony Fadell.

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