RIP iPod

[Harmony]

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/apple/apple-ends-production-iconic-ipod-rcna28190

Bound to happen but damn, I feel so old.  If my iPod could talk.... :'(

[Adami]

I still use my iPod all the time! Dammit!

[axeman90210]

Argh, I've been waiting for this to happen. I may buy one or two before they disappear forever just to have backups if/when mine dies. I'd rather not make the switch to an iPhone, I like having my music player and my phone separate.

[King Postwhore]

Dammit.

[TAC]

I use the iPod Classics. I actually bought one on Amazon for big money after they stopped making those.

I have two 160's and a 30.

[King Postwhore]

I use the iPod Classics. I actually bought one on Amazon for big money after they stopped making those.

I have two 160's and a 30.

I gave my wife mine. I have the 256gb I pod but I've been playing Spotify a lot more of late.

[TAC]

I can't play Spotify at work, as that would require me leaving my phone out. It would be too wasy to walk away from it.

[King Postwhore]

Your so old. I put Spotify on my computer  at work. 

[TAC]

Our work computers are pretty secure. I doubt that I could even pull up Spotify. I should check though. That would be great. I could leave my iPods at home.

[King Postwhore]

I would. I don't bring my ipod to work anymore. 

[faizoff]

Even though I've never owned an iPod, I'm very tempted to buy a base iPod Touch from the remaining stock. No doubt this changed the consumption of music. My first mp3 player was a Creative Nomad Jukebox 40 GB version which sounded great.

[T-ski]

Walkman or nothing.

[wolfking]

I've never had an Ipod.

[Bolsters]

I bought a cheap tablet and a micro SD card earlier this year because my iPod Classic began to die, and as much as I loved the iPod, I actually wish I'd made the change sooner.

The iPod Touch is a ripoff anyway.

[Orbert]

I've been thinking about ordering one of these:

Custom Built iPod Classic 7th Generation Digital Media Players

Seems legit, although I have no idea how he'd get hardware in custom colors like that.

[El Barto]

Never owned one. 

[Cool Chris]

I've never had an Ipod.

Me neither. I've never owned an Apple product.

I like having my music player and my phone separate.

Me too. People always ask me when they see me with my two phones and don't get why I have a dedicated phone for music (despite it not having a SIM card - it's just a glorified mp3 player). Just always preferred it that way.

[wolfking]

I've never had an Ipod.

Me neither. I've never owned an Apple product.

I like having my music player and my phone separate.

Me too. People always ask me when they see me with my two phones and don't get why I have a dedicated phone for music (despite it not having a SIM card - it's just a glorified mp3 player). Just always preferred it that way.

Same.  Never owned anything Apple either.

[Ben_Jamin]

I used to have one, but then I surpassed the data capacity. I like having all my music with me. So I ended up looking online for an MP3 player that has SD Card slot, and I found a Fiio that can house 2 256GB cards. So I bought that and haven't been happier.

Although the interface could be better. I bought a different one, but it ended up not being able to read the SD card when hooked up to the USB.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Never used one either. I used walkman for my CDs until the smartphone arrived basically. Then streaming became the number one way for me to listen to music.

[mike099]

I still use mine a lot especially when I work out on my spin bike and at the gym.  Question:  When I buy music it automatically downloads to my iPhone.  When I play the music on my phone does it use Wi-Fi/data to play?

[faizoff]

Depends if the iPhone has an offline play mode. Typically they are streamed on your phone and not saved I would assume. If you make it available for offline play that is when it downloads to your phone and not try to use any network connection to play the music.

[Chino]

My Gen 1 ipod touch is still going! It hasn't had any music added to it in about 10 years now, but it still gets use. I leave it out when I have gatherings at my house and let the guests DJ with it. That's pretty much the only use it gets though.

[Stadler]

I've been thinking about ordering one of these:

Custom Built iPod Classic 7th Generation Digital Media Players

Seems legit, although I have no idea how he'd get hardware in custom colors like that.

They make custom color "cases" for the iPods.

So... I have a hot-rodded iPod.  There are people who do it online, but I decided I'm bold, and I'm smart and I'm worth it!    Less than $10 for the tools to pop the back off.  I replaced the battery when I was there, and pulled out the standard iPod hard drive, and replaced it with a card that holds up to four microSD cards.  I went to 500 GB, though there are other (software) limitations as well. Because I don't save as lossless, I'm at like 275GB used.  It's easy to do, and it's also more... sturdy.  The hard drive can get damaged with rough use, but the cards are almost indestructible.  I use it when I travel, or when I'm driving.  I plug it into my car and I have every song on my home network to go.

Only certain 160's can be hot-rodded to that level; others you can swap out for the cards, but I think the limit is 120GB (it's a firmware issue, as I understand it).  I used to know more about it, but since I did the mod, I've sort of forgotten some of the details.  I'm going to try to do another one for my brother here soon (his birthday is in July).

EDIT: At one point I got a 256GB phone, with the intention of using it as one device, and that was an epic fail.  I didn't really have 256GB with everything else, and the interface was weird to say the least (I'm sort of an iTunes aficionado).

[Orbert]

I did the same to my original iPod years ago.  I bought a kit off of Ebay with a new battery and 256GB card.  The operating system only recognized the first 128GB, but otherwise it worked great.  Lasted me several more years of nearly constant use, but finally died again last year.  That's when I started looking for new kits, or replacements, or something, and found that guy/company in the link.  I know they make all kinds of cases for iPods (or they used to anyway) but the custom color shells were new to me.  As tempting as it would be to get a spiffy red one or something, I'd probably just go with black on black as before.  I'm boring that way.

[Dublagent66]

I have an iPhone.  iPods are obsolete.

[ProfessorPeart]

I've been thinking about ordering one of these:

Custom Built iPod Classic 7th Generation Digital Media Players

Seems legit, although I have no idea how he'd get hardware in custom colors like that.

I may look into this. I have a modded iPod Video that is 256 GB with an upgraded battery. It is almost full. I hate how slow the older model is due to its USB speed. I would love a more modern one. I have a later model, maybe 7th, with the nicer interface and it is 160 GB. Haven't fired it up in years. I'll look more into this guy later.

[Orbert]

I have an iPhone.  iPods are obsolete.

Obsolete means that there is no longer a need for them.  Since iPhones can only hold a fraction of the music that an iPod can hold, I would argue that iPods are not obsolete.  They serve a purpose which is not otherwise filled.

I've been thinking about ordering one of these:

Custom Built iPod Classic 7th Generation Digital Media Players

Seems legit, although I have no idea how he'd get hardware in custom colors like that.

I may look into this. I have a modded iPod Video that is 256 GB with an upgraded battery. It is almost full. I hate how slow the older model is due to its USB speed. I would love a more modern one. I have a later model, maybe 7th, with the nicer interface and it is 160 GB. Haven't fired it up in years. I'll look more into this guy later.

When I replaced my original hard drive with the SD card, a big advantage was the access speed.  Another advantage, unexpected, was that I could go over twice as long before needing to recharge.  That might have been partly the new battery, but it stands to reason that a solid state drive would use a lot less power than a disk drive.

[Dublagent66]

I have an iPhone.  iPods are obsolete.

Obsolete means that there is no longer a need for them.  Since iPhones can only hold a fraction of the music that an iPod can hold, I would argue that iPods are not obsolete.  They serve a purpose which is not otherwise filled.

There isn't a need for them anymore.  That's why they're going away.  iPods came out before there were streaming services.  Now, I can listen to more music on my phone than any iPod can store.  It's not about memory storage anymore.

[SoundscapeMN]

sad in a way (for the end of an mp3 player type), but my take is as it always has been about Apple music products.

I have no use, and have never found reason to have an iPod nor use iTunes or Apple Music now.

WTF does Apple know about Music and Music Quality?

I don't use a Mac nor the Cult that is Apple. And I never have had a desire to buy an iPhone, iPad, iWatch nor any "i" anything to be frank.

[Orbert]

I can listen to more music on my phone than any iPod can store.

That't great for you.  But streaming services either cost money, or you deal with commercials.

It's not about memory storage anymore.

For you.  The fact that mp3 players still exist, and that there's a market for third-party iPod clones, speaks to a continuing demand.


Look, it's great that you guys are willing to pay for streaming and/or deal with commercials.  But saying there's "no need" for portable music devices is just not correct.  You may not have the need, but others do.

[Dublagent66]

I can listen to more music on my phone than any iPod can store.

That't great for you.  But streaming services either cost money, or you deal with commercials.

It's not about memory storage anymore.

For you.  The fact that mp3 players still exist, and that there's a market for third-party iPod clones, speaks to a continuing demand.


Look, it's great that you guys are willing to pay for streaming and/or deal with commercials.  But saying there's "no need" for portable music devices is just not correct.  You may not have the need, but others do.

Once again my words get twisted around into something else.  So typical here.  I never said there's no need for portable music devices.  Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have one.  But, since the iPod is going away, there's obviously no need for that particular device.  Plenty of knockoffs out there that do the same thing.

[ProfessorPeart]

I have no plans to ever pay for music streaming. I have an enormous personal collection of music that I keep adding to. I want to listen to what I have already paid for and not deal with messing with streaming. Streaming is for watching things at home, not listening to music on the go (for me).

[Orbert]

Once again my words get twisted around into something else.  So typical here.  I never said there's no need for portable music devices.

There isn't a need for them anymore.  That's why they're going away.

Pretty sure I haven't twisted your words.  These are direct quotes.  The fact that you later explained what you actually meant doesn't mean I twisted what you said.

[Stadler]

I have an iPhone.  iPods are obsolete.

Obsolete means that there is no longer a need for them.  Since iPhones can only hold a fraction of the music that an iPod can hold, I would argue that iPods are not obsolete.  They serve a purpose which is not otherwise filled.

There isn't a need for them anymore.  That's why they're going away.  iPods came out before there were streaming services.  Now, I can listen to more music on my phone than any iPod can store.  It's not about memory storage anymore.

We've had this conversation before, though.  I don't want streaming services.  I want the music I want to listen to.  I have different versions of various albums, and I don't want the version that some record exec, some manager, or whoever, wants me to hear.   I also will edit things; many of my live albums replicate the concerts they come from.  With my Grateful Dead, for example, I edit the disk breaks together so it's a seamless concert.  Multiple night CDs (like the Grateful Dead Movie, or the expanded Made In Japan from Purple) I will edit into individual nights.  NONE of this is available on streaming.  I need a player.  Ipod is a player.  I need an iPod.