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THE IPOD TOUCH became the last iPod standing today as Apple removed nano and shuffle devices from its lineup.
The late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs introduced the devices 12 years ago and the small, easy-to-operate players helped the company revolutionise how music was sold.
Apple confirmed to AFP that it is no longer selling nano and shuffle, and the MP3 players vanished from the Apple website.
“Today, we are simplifying our iPod lineup with two models of iPod touch now with double the capacity starting at just $199 (€170) and we are discontinuing the iPod shuffle and iPod nano,” the company said in an email.
Industry trackers and Apple itself have long acknowledged that the do-it-all iPhone would eat away at sales of one-trick devices such as iPod MP3 players, so the farewell was met more with nostalgia than surprise.
The trend toward streaming music services, including the launch of one by Apple, has made devices designed just for carrying digital tunes around less enticing for consumers.
Shuffle devices, about the size of matchbooks and featuring click-wheels for control, debuted in early 2005, with Jobs touting that they let people carry broad libraries of music right in their pockets.
The iPod nano also hit the market in 2005, featuring click wheels and screens that improved the ability to select songs. Nano devices evolved with subsequent models, leading to one with a multi-touch screen and the look of an iPhone.
Neither the shuffle nor the nano linked to the internet, instead relying on downloading music from Apple online shop iTunes through computers.
Three years ago Apple discontinued the last version of the original iPod classic, introduced in October of 2001.
The remaining products in the line are iPod touch models boasting much larger storage capacity and the ability to link wirelessly to internet hotspots for online content such as music streamed from services such as Apple Music.
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Got this a few weeks back and knew it was a scam straight away. Sur who would be sending me flowers… ?
You mean there are no flowers? #foreveralone
Who won the lotto?
I Did WohoHo
As a meteor customer I am aware of meteor full stop….!
Think of all the genuine flowers that will never be collected now.
Being a Meteor Customer I would be lucky to get a scam text with the reception I have in my house !
It redirects you to a movie and when u watch it you die within 7 working days
Meteors “unlimited” data plan is an even bigger scam.
That has being going around awhile got one a few months ago
Try roaming in France or Italy with Meteor, pure disaster. When you discover that they have no roaming deal done with any operator in these countries, their best suggestion is to send a text to accept charges, this does’nt work. Then they suggest logging on to a website to accept the roaming charges. Of course, given that you don’t have a data connection, this is a bit of a problem so then they suggest finding WiFi to accept the charges. If I had easy access to WiFi, why the f~#k would I need to pay for roaming in the first place. In any event, even when I tried this, it did not work.
So then, you get back to Ireland and contact them with a complaint which they cannot resolve, you ask for a manager, they tell you there is none available, then you ask to speak to the Services Director, they say that they do know their name. What is the name of your Managing Director and what is their contact email? They do not know!! They call this customer service.
Then there was an issue with the Zamano text scam on Meteor where you get billed for about 6 texts that arrive in a burst at 2am and you get a bill of €1.60 a text. Meteor claim that they can do nothing about this.
Here is some free advice NEVER USE METEOR.
Meteor are PURE CRAP.
Hey declan, With zamano and all those other companies all you have to do is to reply STOP to the text. You can get all that money back too by contacting the telecomms regulator.
Meteor roaming is pretty shite though but in fairness they do have some pretty good plans for the low end users. That new unlim plan is popular.
Kevin, thanks for the tip on Zamano / regulator
they need a better hook, its like getting a call from Microsoft support at home….seems legit
They wouldn’t do it if people didn’t fall for it…
Dee4 I actually heard before that these scams are set up to be so intentionally stupid that it will only catch out the ones that are likely to easily give up their credit card details. Same as the Nigerian prince scams etc., they don’t want to have their time wasted by people that aren’t going to give them their bank details so they set them out to miss 99.9% of people.
Just received my flowers there, brighten the place up a treat. Would recommend.
Least of your problems if you’re a Meteor customer I think
You’d wana be a right dingbat
If you eat some Namm Bread every day then your brain will be alert to all scams
Used to be a meteor customer I got out in time hearing noting but bad stories now. Not such a cheap service anymore. Vodaphone gives great deals on there red service
correct.they have to have the worst customer service of any company i have dealt with.rude,clueless staff.
I’m sure we will all receive this text in the next few days
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