Saturday, June 13, 2015

Is Apple planning to kill the iPod?

The New York Post reports:
Has Apple just put its iPod on death row?

The tech giant this week sent gadget geeks’ tongues a-wagging after it removed the iconic 14-year media player from its main menu on its home page — and replaced it with Apple Music.

The buzz is that Apple will soon stop making iPods — which haven’t been updated in nearly three years and which long ago had been made obsolete by the iPhone.

Why carry a separate player just for music?
There's more:
The end of the iPod era will likely not be missed by many. The iPod lineup — introduced on Oct. 23, 2001 — has become nearly an afterthought for Apple fans, and for the bottom line of the Cupertino, Calif., company.
Is the 15 product cycle going to do in the iPod?