Tripp Mickie

New York Times writer covering Apple, author of “After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul”

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Apple is pulling the plug on the iPod, which came out in 2001. The first version cost some $400. Several generations came out, plus the Mini, Nano, Shuffle, and finally the iPod Touch.

RIP iPod. How the mp3 player made Apple the tech giant it is today

Apple is pulling the plug on the iPod, which came out in 2001. The first version cost some $400. Several generations came out, plus the Mini, Nano, Shuffle, and finally the iPod Touch.

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