Manzana Announced that it would cease production iPod, His famous music player who revolutionized the music industry in the early 2000s.

“The soul of the iPod is alive. “We incorporate an amazing music experience into all of our products, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of global marketing.

“Music has always been central ManzanaAnd make it available to hundreds of millions of users, as the iPod has done “I had an impact not only on the music industry, but also on how to discover, listen to and share music,” he added.

In Cupertino, a California firm said the iPod will be available at branded outlets before supplies run out.

The rectangular, white, iPod went on sale more than 20 years ago, in 2001, and quickly achieved significant success. It was the first MP3 player to have a capacity for a thousand songs and a range of ten hours of listening. Apple Music currently provides access to over 90 million songs and over 30,000 playlists.

This MP3 player and iTunes app, also since 2001, has profoundly changed the world of music through the popularization of legal downloads, at a time when many sites allow you to download movies and songs without paying a penny.

Apple has sold about 450 million iPods since its release. According to the specialized company Loup Ventures, quotes The New York Times.

This accessory has greatly helped the Apple firm to become today’s tech giant as the iPod inspired the iPhone.

The iPod has been in Cupertino’s product catalog for 20 years. But streaming music from Apple Music and devices like the iPhone or Apple Watch has finally moved into the background.

It was the integration of these services and products that prompted Apple to decide to discontinue production of more iPod models.

The iPod has affected “hundreds of millions of users” not only in the music industry, but also “explained how music is discovered, listened to and shared,” Joswiak said in a statement.

A bit of history

When the first iPod was introduced, Steve Jobs imagined the beginning of a great revolution in the way content was consumed. And so he expressed it during the presentation.

“With the iPod, Apple has invented a new category of digital music player that allows you to put your entire music collection directly in your pocket to listen to it wherever you go. “The experience of listening to music on an iPod will never be the same,” were Jobs’s prophetic words during the presentation.

The most representative feature of this device was its storage capacity since 5 GB and 10 GB versions were on the market. A very interesting point of its design was the fact that it added a wheel that could scroll through the menu and that was used in the vast majority of devices in this family.

Later, the most important redesign that was presented iPod Classic Category It came with third-generation players because in addition to increasing the memory, which reached a maximum capacity of 40GB, it also introduced a touch interface that made it possible to move through the menu with less effort.

In the fifth generation iPod ClassicAnother relevant redesign was released in 2005, as the size of the device was reduced at that time, the screen size was increased and even videos could be played. Despite this, This version had its best performance two years later, with the sixth generation having a much larger screen And in which longer videos could be played.

iPod Shuffle and Nano version

The first version ipod shuffle It was launched in January 2005 and with it the concept of the portable was maximized as it was a device without a screen, it only had music and sound controllers. In addition, a clip was added that could be hung on clothes, so it was perfect to combine it with periods of physical activity. Its latest version was released in September 2010.

In 2004, ipod mini, Which had a capacity of 4 GB. In this case, evolution was not important because it only had a second generation; However, it was instrumental in bringing Apple out iPod Nano in 2005, Which became one of the most representative devices of the brand and the first version of which was sold in 1, 2 or 4 GB capacity. In addition to music, it had the ability to support photos.

The most significant changes occurred for the third generation, which came out in 2007. This time the screen was changed to a square shape, the back was chrome, had a completely new interface, added the ability to play videos and also had. A much smaller wheel to navigate the menu.

2010 version It was radically different because it used a design like the iPod Shuffle that avoided features like video playback, speakers or cameras, but added a touch screen. In 2012, the long version came back, but its form was already inspired by the iPhone because it had a home button and voice control on the pages.

The arrival of the iPod Touch

By 2007, Apple had released a music player Multi-touch Which took over the features that made the iPod Classic famous and improved them thanks to tools that were also borrowed from the latest iPhone. As a result, the iPod Touch has become one of the most attractive devices for the public, which is loved by the company from Cupertino, California.

This was the first iPod with Wi-Fi. Features like Safari browser were integrated into its interface by default and it also had access to apps like iTunes Store and YouTube. Another aspect that was very topical was to increase its capacity as it reached 32 GB.

The distinctive differences were for the fourth generation as it added several cameras, front, for Face Time calls and back, which was recorded in high resolution.

In 2019, Apple surprised with the release of the new iPod Touch, the main innovation of which was the use of the A10 Fusion chip to improve the user experience in terms of games.

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