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The Transformation Of The Apple iPod From 2001 To 2022

Slashgear

The iPod revolutionized how we listen to music, and it evolved greatly during its relatively brief history. Here is the most complete story of the technology.

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Apple finally kills the iPod touch, thus ending the iPod line for good

Mashable VR

Two decades after the first iPods hit shelves and, subsequently, the pockets of millions of music lovers around the world, Apple announced on Tuesday that the iPod touch has been discontinued. iPod touches, which start at $199, will be available “while supplies last,” per Apple. Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact.

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iPod hack puts 50 million Spotify songs in your pocket

Digital Trends

When Apple launched the iPod in 2001, it went with the slogan, “1,000 songs in your pocket.” Now someone has rebuilt it to increase that number to 50 million.

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Facebook steps into cloud gaming — and another feud with Apple

TechCrunch VR

Their approach is different than what Microsoft or Google has built but Facebook highlights a shared central challenge: dealing with Apple. Facebook’s service will launch on the desktop web and Android, but not iOS due to what Facebook frames as usability restrictions outlined in Apple’s App Store terms and conditions.

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What Will Smartphones Be Like in 10 years?

GizModo VR

Recall that in 2001 the biggest thing in cell phone technology was the Nokia 8250, the chief selling point of which was its colorful display. If you’d asked a panel of experts 10 years ago what smartphones would look like in a decade, you’d have gotten all kinds of wild responses. Instead of black-and-white, this… Read more.

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What Your Favorite iPod Says About You

GizModo VR

23, 2001, let’s look back on some notable iPod models and what they say about you as an early tech consumer. In honor of the launch of the original scroll wheel iPod on Oct. Every iPod tells a story, and some of the stories they told were pretty darn rough. Read more.

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Samsung Revenue Drops as it Enters the XR Market

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Already, Samsung is one of Apple’s assembly partners , providing the upcoming Vision Pro device with some of its microdisplay technology. Alongside its Apple partnership, Samsung also acquired US microdisplay company Imagine last May.

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