Photograph: Michael Hitoshi/Getty ImagesThe iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle are just the latest in a long line of single-use devices killed off by the multitalented smartphone. The iPhone launched with an iPod app, which effectively did everything an iPod would, but with a touchscreen interface and smaller storage than a hard drive-based iPod. As the cost of flash chips decreased, the storage capacity of smartphones increased, slowly removing all relevance for even the largest-capacity music players. But it was the dawn of streaming music that was the nail in the coffin for the dedicated, offline iPod. So we bid farewell to the iPod Nano and Shuffle, many people’s first taste of portable music.

Source: The Guardian July 28, 2017 09:10 UTC