IPod
Sign in to saveThe iPod is a discontinued series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices that were designed and marketed by Apple from 2001 to 2022. The first version was released on November 10, 2001, 10 months after the Macintosh version of iTunes was released. Apple sold an estimated 450 million iPod products as of 2022. Apple discontinued the iPod product line on May 10, 2022. At over 20 years, the iPod brand is the longest-running to be discontinued by Apple.
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The iPod was a portable music player and mobile device made by Apple starting in 2001 that became hugely popular, with about 450 million units sold before Apple discontinued it in 2022. It matters because it was Apple's longest-running product line and helped establish the company's dominance in portable entertainment technology during the early 2000s.
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Key facts
- Information appliance.name
- iPod
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- The final iteration of each iPod product. From left to right: iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Classic and iPod Touch.
- Information appliance.developer
- Apple
- Information appliance.type
- Portable media player
- Information appliance.units_sold
- 450 million (as of May 2022)
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- 512 MB–256 GB
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- apple.com/ipod redirects to support.apple.com/ipod-touch
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Article
25 sectionsContents
- History
- Hardware
- Audio
- Connectivity
- Accessories
- Software
- Interface
- iTunes Store
- Games
- File storage and transfer
- Models and features
- Patent disputes
- Sales
- Market share
- Industry impact
- Criticism
- Headphone usage
- Battery problems
- Reliability and durability
- Labor disputes
- Timeline of models
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
The iPod is a discontinued series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices that were designed and marketed by Apple from 2001 to 2022. The first version was released on November 10, 2001, 10 months after the Macintosh version of iTunes was released. Apple sold an estimated 450 million iPod products as of 2022. Apple discontinued the iPod product line on May 10, 2022. At over 20 years, the iPod brand is the longest-running to be discontinued by Apple.
Some versions of the iPod can serve as external data storage devices, like other digital music players. Prior to macOS 10.15, Apple's iTunes software (and other alternative software) could be used to transfer music, photos, videos, games, contact information, e-mail settings, Web bookmarks, and calendars to the devices supporting these features from computers using certain versions of Apple macOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems.