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It's Time to Bring Back the iPod
Sure, phones can play music—but are we actually enjoying it?
A little rough around the edges but nothing some elbow grease couldn't fix.When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone back in 2007, he started by announcing “three revolutionary products”: “a widescreen iPod with touch controls” (loud cheers from the audience here), “a revolutionary mobile phone” (a proper roar from the crowd), and “a breakthrough Internet communications device” (muted applause, rightfully so). The act of curating a digital music library is mostly left to DJs and nerds, and the audio players available on the market today reflect that. You won’t get all the niceties of a modern product—iPods still have that old 30-pin connector, a proprietary port that nothing uses anymore, and while I love wired headphones, Bluetooth would be convenient on occasion.
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