Wahab Khan 
The Apple iPod has played a significant role in changing the shape of the music industry since its release in 2001. Reports confirm the company plans to end the last of its portable music players. As the tech giant has been preparing to go into the fifteen years of iPod Touch’s release – less popular version, it seems like it is going to take the final bow.
Apple proclaimed last Tuesday that it would discontinue the 2007’s release of the hybrid device of iPhone-iPod after it gets short of all the supplies. The initiative is likely to end the handheld gadgets and discontinue the iPod product line. It will eventually help change the format of the entertainment industry created twenty years ago.
According to Apple, it will keep selling leftover iPod Touch gadgets at the starting price of $199 per piece through its official website until supplies get finished. Apple device is available in varying models with 32 gigabytes, 128 gigabytes, and 256 gigabytes. The company offers iPods in six vibrant colors, including pink, blue, gold, and silver.
Greg Joswiak, the senior vice president of Apple Ltd. in Worldwide Marketing, released a statement. He said Apple has always considered music as a core part of the company. The way the iPod brought it to millions of users affected more than the music industry. It also reshaped how we can discover, listen to and share music.
Apple’s latest move has marked an end to iPod devices.
Remember, these gadgets are among the most influential ones in the tech industry. Nobody can deny the significant role played by the iPod music player and iTunes music software in introducing digital purchases for users in 2003. However, it was somehow a controversial idea how the entertainment industry could fight across-the-board music sharing using apps, such as Napster.
Apple grew further into digital movies and television offerings two years after the instruction of digital purchases in 2005. Apple announced its first iPod more than thirty days after the 9/11 attacks. Many experts declared this act a risk for the tech giant. The company struggled to recover from financial loss after it went almost bankrupt many years ago.
It emerged back under the name of Apple Computer. It kept bringing innovations in new product categories, including the iMac, released in 1998 as an all-in-one computer, and the iBook laptop for customers released in 1999.
Apple released many new products shortly afterward. These included iWork to battle with Microsoft Office and iLife software to organize images and movies. However, Apple achieved great success through revolutionary products like iPod and relevant iTunes music software. The listings developed over the year by including iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Mini, and Classic iPod, though Apple discontinued the sale of those products between 2014 and 2017.
The iPhone has put iPod in the shade since it arrived in June 2007. The smartphone has since been the focus of attention of global users. Steve Jobs, the co-founder, pitched the iPhone with a grouping of three inventions – the iPod, iPod Touch, and an internet communicator.
