A World Without iPods

Even though last week I composed about Apple losing its soul, this week I am obliged to talk about Apple actually losing its Touch.What does Apple, and the world, lose by no longer having an iPod? Its iPodness came by method of its iPhone parentage, and as all Apple nerds understand, Jobs presented the iPhone as 3 gadgets in one– a phone, an internet communicator, and an iPod. Jobs himself as soon as resolved this concern to me, when I asked him why we ought to see the just-announced iPod Shuffle, with no clickwheel or display screen, as an iPod.

On Tuesday, Apple revealed that its terminating the iPod. Even though last week I wrote about Apple losing its soul, this week I am compelled to talk about Apple literally losing its Touch.What does Apple, and the world, lose by no longer having an iPod? Its iPodness came by way of its iPhone parentage, and as all Apple nerds know, Jobs presented the iPhone as 3 devices in one– a phone, an internet communicator, and an iPod. Jobs himself once resolved this concern to me, when I asked him why we ought to see the just-announced iPod Shuffle, with no clickwheel or display screen, as an iPod.

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