Apple is doing away with the iPod Shuffle, a gadget Iâd eradicated from my mind until yesterday. And now Iâm suddenly awash with emotion for a little white stick I hadnât considered once in this decade. Iâm going to miss the hell out of it. Damn you Apple, quit playing shuffle with my heart.
Two more members of the Apple family just got put in the ground. On Thursday, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Verge that it has âofficially discontinuedâ the iPod Shuffle and the iPod Nano.
Sonny Dickson has images and video of what he claims is the iPod-based interfaceâincluding a gnarly-looking, on-screen click wheelâthat almost beat out iOS for the iPhone. Whether itâs legitimate or not, let me just say this: thank Christ it didnât see the light of day.
Today is the iPodâs 15th birthday, her QuiĂąceanera if you will. While some tech blogs celebratedâthe International Business Times even coined it National iPod Dayâthe most important people appear to have forgotten: Apple, the iPodâs own daddy. No press release. No tweet from the Apple official account, or Apple MusicâŚ
With the latest iPod TouchâGeneration 6!â Appleâs iOS runt gets a better camera and powerful guts, which make it feel like a baby iPhone that doesnât make calls. But why would you buy it if you already have an iPhone?
Despite the repeated cries of tech bloggers everywhere, it would seem that the iPod isn't actually dead; it's just gone rogue. The newest ATM skimming scheme relies almost entirely on a MacGyver-ed version of your former, clickwheeled friend. How could you, iPod?
During a court hearing in Oakland, California, it's come to light that, between 2007 and 2009, Apple deleted tracks downloaded from rival music services off of iPods.
With every new iOS update, there are bugs and glitches. Oh man, were there ever glitches with iOS 8. For a brief time, if you knew how, you could go back to the sane stability of iOS 7. Not anymoreâApple stopped signing iOS 7.1.2 on Friday afternoon.
Apple users, it's hereâthe final, stable, built-for-the-regular-public version of iOS 8 has arrived. Back up your stuff so you don't lose everything, and then go get that fresh new software!
Amidst the clamor over Apple's new devices, Mat Honan's personal essay on the quiet death of the iPod classic is a surprisingly affecting paean to individuality, freedom of information, and the single-use digital device as a window to one's soul.
The click wheel is dead! Long live the touchscreen. While Apple has moved on to brighter, and screenier devices, the click wheel remains one of our favorite input methods of all time. Call us sentimental, but let's take a walk down memory lane.
Mynd's smart calendar app for iOS just got a hefty new update today. The free version adds some smart features like integration with your Contact list and LinkedIn, but it's the paid Premium upgrade that gets a major boost: it acts like a digital assistant, learning how you spend your day to predict what your futureâŚ
While it might surprise some that the iPod touch is still trundling along, the entire lineup has gotten a significant price cut todayâand the lowest-end version picked up a fancy new camera and a color spectrum.
One of our biggest frustrations with iOS devices has been the less-than-stellar stock keyboard. iOS 8 fixes that with Quicktype, a predictive, content-sensitive keyboard with multiple layouts that learns the phrases you use most and fills them in. It's about ducking time.
Google search for iOS just got updated with Siri-style voice searchingâincluding follow-up questions like "what's the weather like?" followed by "how about this weekend?". It also features custom alerts to keep you updated on your favorite sites, blogs, and more. Download it here for free. [iTunes via 9to5mac]
An Apple patent published today details a theoretical feature that would enable your mobile device to detect an emergency and alert your designated contacts or the police. And y'know what? It actually makes a lot of sense.
The constant curse of Apple's earbudsâalong with the lackluster sound they produceâis that you can rarely go more than 10 seconds before one side or the other pops out. Sprngâclips for Apple's updated-in-2012 EarPodsâwants to remedy that. And you know what? They do.
Sony has just proudly launched a new range of MP3 players, that are light,offer long battery life and... probably won't sell. Does anybody actually buy MP3 players these days?
Key-shaped USB flash drives have guaranteed we never forget to bring our important files ever again. And taking the same approach, Bluelounge's Kii guarantees you always have an emergency iPhone or iPad charger on handâas long as you remembered to lock your home and bring your keys.
