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Apple marks 25 years of the iPod with an interactive online version
Apple marked 25 years since the original iPod was unveiled on October 23, 2001, with an interactive version on its Apple Music website.
The virtual player recreates the first iPod’s click wheel and familiar menus, and lets visitors browse a music library.
The library includes 1,029 playable songs, but each track is limited to a 90-second sample.
The first iPod promised to put 1,000 songs in your pocket and helped make Apple a major force in consumer technology.
Apple discontinued the iPod line in 2022, with the seventh-generation iPod touch as its final model.
The anniversary feature offers a way to revisit the device, though the iPod itself is no longer sold.
Apple Music marked the original iPod’s 25th anniversary with an interactive virtual version of the first-generation player.
The Easter egg can be opened through pages on Apple Music’s website, though the articles describe different ways to reach it.
The virtual player recreates the click wheel and controls and offers a library of playable songs, with clips limited to 90 seconds.
Engadget reported that users can also access the Brick game, an Easter egg from the original iPod.
Apple announced the original iPod on October 23, 2001, and discontinued the iPod line in 2022.
- Who
- Apple marked the anniversary with an Easter egg on its Apple Music website.
- What
- The site features an interactive virtual version of the first-generation iPod.
- When
- October 23, 2026, the 25th anniversary of the original iPod’s announcement.
- Where
- Apple Music’s website. GSMArena gave the address music.apple.com/us/ipod; Engadget described loading a broken page.
- Why
- To mark the original iPod’s 25th anniversary.
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Apple announced the original iPod.
The original iPod went on sale.
Apple discontinued the iPod lineup, with the seventh-generation iPod touch as its last model.
Apple Music marked the original iPod’s 25th anniversary with a virtual player.
- Anniversary
- 25 years since the original iPod was announced
- Virtual player
- Available on Apple Music’s website
- Song library
- 1,029 playable songs, according to Engadget
- Track clips
- Up to 90 seconds
- Original iPod announcement
- October 23, 2001
- iPod lineup discontinued
- 2022