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8 Reasons Not to Kill the iPod

While the iPod may be the device that set Apple on the road to being the most valuable company in the world, it’s dying a slow death.  After 400,000,000 million units sold, it’s now moving only a tiny fraction of that.

Apple is now a phone-and-tablet company that has a sideline in computers.  Is it time for them to just put the iPod on an iceflow and bid it a fond farewell?

Maybe not.  Cult of Mac has eight decent reasons why the iPod should remain alive–if only on life support.

 

  1. A game machine
  2. For just playing music
  3. For the car
  4. Because streaming music services haven’t penetrated the marketplace enough
  5. It could work as one or two models
  6. iPods are great for kids
  7. The iPod touch is great for photos
  8. It’s the gateway drug to everyone else Apple.

 

Anyone else want to weigh in?

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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