Virtually unchallenged in its price range, the nano can surely survive for years untouched much as the iPod classic has.
Apple also tweaked the pricing and storage capabilities of the iPod classic.
It missed some deadlines and Cuptertino left it out of the iPod Classic as it shifted its loyalty to Cirrus Logic, where it has stayed ever since.
Within minutes, I received a number of calls from press about the new iMac, which took its design language from the recently successful iPod Classic.
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It originally came in 5 GB and 10 GB models, but in subsequent versions (the latest iPod Classic), Apple increased the amount of storage on the device to 160 GB.
Don't get us wrong, we'll take the full-size Zune's 3.2-inch QVGA display over the iPod classic's 2.5-inch display any day, but since it's QVGA any way you cut it, the menus and on-screen effects tend to look worse the larger the screen gets.
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From keeping the waning iPod classic in the lineup to leaving the still-potent iPod touch untouched save for a blanching and price reduction, the venerable digital media player line seemed all but ignored at a time of year when Apple once primed the holiday pump for MP3 players.
When he does travel with a laptop, he uses his iPod 160GB Classic as an external hard drive that he loads with movies to watch during his flights.
It was bad enough when flash memory overtook hard drives in little devices: Apple's classic iPod used a tiny hard drive memory, but the other models rely on flash memory.
It was bad enough when flash memory overtook hard drives in little devices: Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people )'s classic iPod used a tiny hard drive memory, but the other models rely on flash memory.
And on Thursday, the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch got every classic Atari game you could ever want to play.
One such example is that just months before the Lightning connector became official, Just Mobile launched the AluCable Twist which bridges the classic 30-pin iPod dock connector to USB, but at one point Apple actually hinted at the manufacturer to avoid investing too much into cables.
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After all, sales of the older, classic iPods are falling, cannibalized by sales of touch-screen iPod touch and iPhones.
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