Smartphones are Killing Off Other Gadgets–Including MP3 Players

March 1, 2017 Alan Cross Smartphones

At one point, I had a Motorola cell phone, a Canon camera, a Garmin GPS unit for the car and an MP3 player (probably an iPod). Now when I leave the house, I still have all those things–but in just one device. You?

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juepucta

March 1, 2017 at 10:35 am
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I’m with you. If the progression had continued, i would have happily splurged for a 2 Tb iPod Classic for music and kept using my candybar shittyphone for calling.

-G.
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