The iPod Classic line was the heart of Apple’s digital music revolution, defining an era of portable media players in the early 2000s. First introduced in 2001 as simply the “iPod,” it featured a ...

Donald Bell has spent more than five years as a CNET senior editor, reviewing everything from MP3 players to the first three generations of the Apple iPad. He currently devotes his time to producing ...

The iPod Classic, iPod Mini, iPod Nano, and iPod Shuffle are probably dead to most people. Even the iPod Touch has been discontinued since 2022. Most people have moved away from burning CDs and ...

A growing number of people, especially Gen Z, are looking to move away from streaming services, and Apple’s old iPod devices ...

There’s no getting around the fact: Apple’s iPod line—last updated a year ago—was in dire need of a refresh heading into this week’s press event in San Francisco. And Apple provided that refresh in ...

The end of the road is in sight for the venerable iPod classic. Meriting barely a passing mention during Apple’s “Let’s Rock” press event on Tuesday, the device is now available in only a single 120GB ...

This week marks an anniversary of sorts for the 6th-generation “classic” iPod. Not its release date (September 5th, 2007), but the date it was officially discontinued: September 9th, 2014. That day ...

When Apple launched the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch in September, it also announced that the iPod Classic would no longer be sold. The iconic portable player first appeared in October 2001 ...

While it went on to be eclipsed in importance by the iPhone, it’s fair to say most people have a special place in their hearts for the iPod. It is in many ways the defining gadget of the mid-aughts.

Even 15 years after its release, Apple fans are still missing the iPod Classic. And every now and then, we find apps and web-based apps that indulge in the nostalgia of using an iPod Classic. This ...

A YouTuber hacked a 17-year-old iPod Classic to let it stream Spotify tracks, successfully bringing a relic from the MP3 days into the modern era. To be clear, this isn’t just a software hack. Guy ...

Released alongside the all new third generation iPod Nano, the new iPod Classic offers a refined all-metal case, the same new graphical interface of the Nano, and the most battery and storage capacity ...