The iPod Is Dead

What you guys don't understand, Is that its not an option not to constantly upgrade the "iPod"

Think about it, iPod has basically built the mp3 player market, this brings alot of competitors. Therefore, Jobs has to keep innovating and bringing more the the devices, If he fails to do this then the competition will catch up and yes, the name will be around but they have a greater chance of loosing the throne.

Take microsoft's zune. Yes it has internet but in reality, It is only comparable to the old nano and the classic, they don't have anything similar to the touch or the iPhone. And now the nano has a camera.

Jobs is really a genius in this department, the reason Apple is king of mp3 players is because they have been able to keep the public interested and intrigued since the first iPod was put on a shelf.

Eventually won't the iPod be able to take and make calls come full circle and become an iPhone??? Steve Jobs must be stopped!!!

Why are we eulogizing ipods? Must have been a slow newsday at Slate.

I'd rather have a tiny little computer than a single-purpose device. I hate single-purpose.

If i could, i'd have furniture on the ceiling, such wasted space up there just being simple and doing nothing.
Could try it with velcro, but it's just not the same without artificial-gravity...
Toilet and Sink? Why not a sink ON TOP of the toilet?
1) You can sit facing inwards and use a mirror for shaving / make-up / whatever
1.1) Why not sit inwards in general? Easier to get in to the toilet in the first place, you can rest your head while you crap out last nights eats + it relaxes the muscles of the body because you aren't trying to keep your body up.
2) Less waste of water, washing water can be saved for flushing, if no water in tank, the taps released for regular water channel. (can be all done mechanically still)
3) Significantly less waste in materials and space.
Glad to see that there are already things like this out there, i love those wonderful people.

If anything, there should be simple to access settings that put the device in a specific mode that requires a slide motion to exit, that might appease the single-purpose peoples.

the iPod was always dead to me. Zen and Zune for the win

thank god the title to this is horribly misleading and untrue. i just bought my first ipod in june after literallly every store ive ever bought a cd from went out of business :(

Ok here is the thing about the iPod. The iPod is king, no other music device like it exists. Yes there are other MP3 players, but they cannot hold a canddle to the rep. that iPod has built. iPod has become a word in are everyday speech. iPod has become a household name that people are not going to throw out the window. Jobs has gotten his name out to the world, and now has the right to put out new iPods that look like Hold iPods, and cost more money. Propaganda my friends. Its ok too, because people are consumers and we always think we need a little more. I am happy with my iPod and I do not plan on buying a new one anytime soon. No matter what the hell the new ones do!
-Rodney E

cd's are dead

no doubt,.my ipod classic is the shiznit 160g
15,000 songs and barely scratching the surface..
i doubt i will ever fill it up.(computers full ) no more commercials or christmas music 4 me.(unless i want it)

There's an alternative to all this fancy mumbo jumbo. Simply called the iPod Classic. And thats just what it is.. Classic. I love mine!

i like the old ones better. simple enough for my mom to use it.

Who the fuck cares, iPod isn't going anywhere soon. Until something actually 1ups the iPod brand and not just be a side swipe and copy cat device, the iPod isn't going anywhere until someone actually does it BETTER AND MAKES IT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH!

Like some other commenter said, I mainly use mine for music, and I have a 2nd gen touch.

Agreed. I use mine for music mostly, but some of the games are so addicting :) and the web is really useful on it sometimes.

Whatever you do don't criticize the design direction of an Apple product. Publicly worship at the Apple alter and all will be well with your popularity.

This isn't news, it's one random guys opinion.

"The rest of us have another name for such a machine: a computer" you can't carry a computer around in your pocket. The only thing close to that would be.... i don't know, an iphone?

misleading title. the ipod is not dead, the purpose of its creation is ... or not even it's evolving

It's not dying it's evolving.

i still like my ipod

I don't care....as long as I can have a decent thing to play music on that will connect to many different locations.

and when the MPMan came out in 98 as a "digital music player", the rest of us had another name for a such a machine: a computer. it's fortunate we skipped the step of wheeling our computers around in radio flyers, or making jean pockets large enough to fit our laptops.

so wait, are cell phones dead and cars dead and tvs dead?? cause they all do more things than their original tasks brought them to this earth for.

How can it be dead when the new version is still called iPod?

They have ram, hard drives, and even an operating system of their own. I guess the iPods are already computers.