[dropcaps style=’2′]The first iPod music player appeared 13 year prior to this day, all the way back in October 2001 (around the time Windows XP came out), and has stayed one of Apple’s focused products throughout the years even in spite of declining demand and a universe full of users who progressively moved more dependent on streaming membership apps rather than buying their music. As Apple moves into bigger screen cell phones and wearable gadgets, a standalone MP3 player just didn’t fit in anymore.[/dropcaps]
Around the world, each countries Apple Stores are returning online after being closed for the September 2014 event – however the iPod Classic – Apple’s iconic and last touchscreen-less music player that initially appeared in 2007 in its final is was gone.
[image src=’http://fnx.network/fnxnetwork/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/4479741722_4b825fa364_m.jpg’ width=’240′ height=’161′ title=’Source: Diego Iaconelli, Flickr’ align=’right’]It’s an iconic product, but the sales numbers have not been impressive since 2009 and even those numbers started relentlessly descending that year with Apple’s iPhone and contending Android phones started to consume into the MP3 business, while new gadgets like the iPad cut out another item specialty.
Through all that the iPod fantastic drove forward, it has long been in a pinacle position among music lovers as the best generally useful device for those that needed a no nonsense MP3 player and who could overlook the cool click-wheel.
However even with the later iPod Touch’s popularity, Apple in June cut the cost on the iPod Touch line and offered it with a better camera and colour choices. But now in the third quarter of 2014 the iPod division has yet to break more than 12 million units sold, short of what halfway of 2013 had.
It appears that even sentimentality can’t keep the once flagship Apple pocket gadget from a universe of bigger screens, reduced storage needs, and music subscriptions rather than $0.99 purchases.
But we remember what this pioneer brought forward.