iPod Classic Retired: Fans Mourn As Apple Quietly Kills Off its Most Iconic Gadget

There is some music news many iPod fans are a bit upset about. Apple has finally killed off its longest serving gadget, the iPod Classic.  This comes just seven years after it was launched but it seems like a lifetime since it made the Walkman obsolete.

Tech aficionados who loved the iPod’s once-revolutionary design were quick to notice that the webpage for the Classic version vanished and got redirected to the iPod touch site.

There have been some mixed feelings about this change. Patrick Ness, author of The Crane Wife said on Twitter…”Apple introduced a phone with the same crappy battery, a wristwatch no one wants and killed iPod Classic.  Why do you like them again?”

On the contrary, Christina Warren, senior tech analyst at Mashable said…”The iPod classic is finally dead.  RIP little iPod.  You remade Apple, changed the way we listen to music, and are one of my top five gadgets.”

Jacob Kastrenakes, writer for The Verge, said… “The [Sony] Walkman may have started the first portable music revolution, but the iPod began the second.

Joe Cox of What Hi-Fi? communicated….it is the “end of an era”.

If you want to buy an iPod Classic, now is the time to check out second hand markets and online retailers, while you can still find them available for sale.

How do you feel about the iPod Classic being retired?