The iPod Touch is in stock on the Apple website and you can purchase it right now. And notice I did.Ĭlick through and yes, you get the full product page for the iPod Touch, the price (it starts at $199 / £199 / AU$299 for the 32GB model in case you were wondering) and there’s even the option to buy it. Sitting there, waiting, wishing for a visit. There it was, the iPod Touch product page. I wanted to be thorough so I took to the search bar and typed 'iPod', fully expecting to be rebuffed once again. The iPhone XR was quietly retired after the iPhone 13 launch, and I wouldn't be surprised if iPhone 11 is met with a similar fate post- iPhone 14 announcement.īut back to the iPod. I'm left thinking Apple's probably quietly removed the iPod Touch from sale - it's a classic move the Cupertino, California-based firm loves to do, usually just after a launch event where older generations of products are silently retired without mention.
There's not even a passing mention of Apple's famed music player in the main 'Store'. I end up clicking through all the menu options, but none get me any closer to the iPod.
There is an 'Accessories' option, but there's still no sign of the iPod here. Apple TV and HomePod Mini are the only hardware on offer here. TV & Home could be a left-field place to house iPod, but again clicking through drew another blank. In 2008, Amazon purchased Audible for $300 million, and today Audible has the largest audiobook catalog in the world, with over 600,000 titles.I figured 'AirPods' could be an option, seeing as there's a musical connection there, but clicking it gave me a sub menu that only showed the firm’s headphones selection, plus Apple Music. Audible was slow to gain traction and took a beating during the dot-com bust but its luck changed with the release of the iPod and a timely partnership with Apple. But in 1997, with no direct experience in tech, Don and his partners launched the first digital player for audiobooks. He wondered: what if audiobooks could be purchased online and downloaded onto a dedicated player? At the time, the concept was so new that few people knew what he was talking about. He was an accomplished writer who thought there was something special and intimate about hearing an author's words spoken aloud. Don Katz faced these frustrations every day while jogging. The number of titles was tiny, narration was dull, and if you wanted to listen on the go, you had to juggle a bunch of clunky cassettes. Novem Before mp3 players came along in the mid 1990's, listening to audiobooks was a pain.
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