2023-04-17 22:49:08 +00:00
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title: End of the iPod
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date: 2022-05-13T23:19:33-07:00
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2024-02-29 01:42:48 +00:00
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year: "2022"
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2024-03-03 17:00:32 +00:00
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- Life
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2023-04-17 22:49:08 +00:00
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This week, Apple announced it was ceasing production on the iPod touch, officially making the iPod a gadget of a bygone era.
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My first iPod was a 3rd gen iPod touch, but I also owned a few Nanos.
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That iPod touch was my introduction to the mobile web and app space, while smartphones were still a novelty, before they were a necessity.
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Everyone I knew had novelty apps like the beer glass and the zippo lighter.
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It was also before mobile games were basically only freemium-only, with a lot of high quality games for only $0.99.
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It's strange how different the internet and mobile tech was only 10 years ago, it certainly didn't turn out how I expected.
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