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Title: The enduring legacy of the iPod Post by: HCK on October 26, 2016, 04:05:21 pm The enduring legacy of the iPod
Serenity Caldwell has been writing and talking about and tinkering with Apple products since she was old enough to double-click. Managing editor of iMore, she hosts a number of popular podcasts and speaks frequently at conferences. In past lives she worked at Macworld and Apple Retail. */ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Fifteen years ago, Apple introduced the iPod. While the pace of technology can seem sloggish when we're on the third year of similar smartphone designs, it sometimes takes a step back to make you realize just how much has changed. Fifteen years ago, I was in my first year of high school and the web was still considered more of a geeky fascination than mainstream success. It was the age of Neopets and Napster for those of us lucky enough to score fast internet connections and personal computer time, and if you wanted music in your pocket, you either were nerdy enough to have invested in a MiniDisc player, or (more likely) you shoved a Walkman into a bookbag. That yea... Source: The enduring legacy of the iPod (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/Q-4G5cCXWC4/enduring-legacy-ipod) |