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The Apple iPod: Pocket Music Before That Phone

TechSpot

These days, everyone has a phone in their pocket that can stream music. Enter the iPod. 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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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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How to transfer music from an iPod to a computer

Digital Trends

Have music stuck on your iPod or other Apple device? Here's how to easily transfer those old favorite songs off your obsolete Apple device and into iTunes.

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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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Listen to Spotify on this nostalgic iPod-style web music player

The Verge

A classic iPod interface for your Spotify or Apple Music library. Screenshot: tannerv.com/ipod. In an era before multitouch displays, the iPod’s click wheel was the king of music playback control. It even supports the iPod’s classic “Cover Flow” interface, letting you to flip through album covers like a jukebox.

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This DIY project turns an iPod into a click wheel-powered Spotify player

The Verge

Classic iPods have their fans, but they’re not built for the modern age of music streaming — except for this one, which has been turned into a Spotify player by tinkerer Guy Dupont. In a video showing off the project and the process behind it, Dupont says he was inspired when his mother-in-law gifted him the old iPod.

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Breathing new life into an old iPod with a few thoughtful upgrades

TechSpot

There are two schools of thought when modifying an old iPod: modernize it to make it compatible with music streaming services like Spotify or… make it more iPod-like. Ellie Huxtable chose the latter route.

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