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The Apple iPod: Pocket Music Before That Phone

TechSpot

Enter the iPod. These days, everyone has a phone in their pocket that can stream music. But two decades ago, you needed a dedicated player to listen to your favorite songs on the go. Read Entire Article

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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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This suspected Apple Watch prototype is disguised as a tiny iPod

The Verge

Either way, this tiny iPod is perversely adorable — and quite the in-joke if it’s real. The Security Case was used to conceal the design before release durning transportation; and makes the Watch look similar to an iPod Nano. Here are some more photos of my Prototype Apple Watch that mimics an iPod Nano! We can’t say.

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Apple Music is missing one major thing: a classic iPod to go with it

The Verge

Earlier this year, I did something weird: I bought an iPod 5th generation, originally manufactured back in 2006. The experience has brought me to the conclusion that Apple should bring back the iPod, but updated for the modern age. There are a few reasons why Apple should make a new iPod. An iPod could be just that.

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Someone modified an iPod Classic to run Spotify

TechSpot

YouTuber Guy Dupont detailed the work performed on this 2004 iPod Classic to spruce it up. The main goal was to make it compatible with Spotify, which meant it needed Wi-Fi to talk to the service. The modder also added Bluetooth audio so the device can stream to a wireless.

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School employee stole 3,000 Apple iPods earmarked for Native American kids

The Verge

She ran a program that used iPods to teach reading and math to underprivileged Native American schoolkids living on tribal land. It’s not clear if Stock, the school district employee, took iPods away from Native American schoolkids who needed them, or simply ones that went unused.

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Go read how the US government built a top-secret iPod right under Steve Jobs’ nose

The Verge

For a period of time starting in 2005, Apple allowed two US government contractors to work in its offices to develop a custom version of the iPod — but exactly what that iPod would do was a mystery, and remains so today, as shared in this fascinating story by former iPod engineer David Shayer that you should go read.

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