![]() ![]() While the Nano battled with making iPods tiny, the original slowly plodded along, gradually adding features. Imagine that - an Apple Watch! 7) IPOD WITH VIDEO (2005) But its form factor also made it possible to turn into something vaguely resembling a watch. It was a curious contraption, part embiggened iPod shuffle and part wannabe iOS device, with an interface that resembled (but wasn't actually related to) the one on the iPhone. 6) IPOD NANO, SIXTH GENERATION (2010)įor the sixth generation of iPod nano, Apple went square. Yet it remained popular with hardcore music fans, acting as a kind of badge of honour that showed how unimpressed you were with low bit-rate streaming services. By 2009, it boasted a 160GB hard drive, and looked rather long in the tooth compared to touchscreen-based upstarts. The original iPod finally evolved into the iPod Classic in 2007, only receiving the most basic of incremental updates thereafter. ![]() Its proprietary dock was truly awful, but we were too besotted by its dinky proportions to really notice. It really came of age, though, with the dinky second-generation 'clip' model, which was perfect for listening to music while at the gym. That screenlesss iPod was also designed to help you rediscover your music, by autofilling and randomly playing back songs. The original iPod shuffle looked like a USB memory stick, but with playback controls attached. 4) IPOD SHUFFLE, SECOND GENERATION (2006) And what a list of charms it had: that lovely, rounded case, a throne-like dock, plus an extra five minutes of skip-protection (up to 25 minutes), a minor miracle for those still used to babying their CD Walkmans. And, with iTunes now available on Windows, non-Mac users could enjoy its charms. ![]() Glowing buttons and a touch wheel on the third-generation iPod made you feel a bit like you were living in the future. Still, that was more than enough for our gym playlists, and the Nano was a brilliant running companion. Out went capacity, too, with the high-end version packing 4GB and the low end a measly 1GB. 2) IPOD NANO (2005)Īfter only 18 months, the iPod mini was dead, and Apple's obsession with miniaturisation began in earnest. With a then-generous 5GB of storage, and (unlike its rivals) an interface that didn't make you want to punch your own face off, Apple's first iPod was nonetheless derided by plenty of people who didn't see the potential - including some naysayers in the Stuff office. The original iPod had a scroll wheel that actually turned, and four buttons around the wheel that made a satisfying click when pressed. So, there's only one thing for it: this definitive list of the best iPods ever. It was an inauspicious end to a mobile device that dramatically changed Apple's fortunes. 16 years later, Apple killed the iPod dead (apart from the iPod Touch, which for the purposes of this feature we've decided isn't a 'proper' iPod). In 2001, an unassuming white box arrived and changed the gadget world forever. ![]()
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