The way Apple has the App Store configured, you are always directed towards the newest version of an application. Many people abandon these old-but-still-functioning devices not because they're upset about missing out on the new iOS features, but because it's such a pain to download apps to them. While getting stuck on older software is par for the course, it can be frustrating.
With every new wave of iOS hardware, a little bit of the legacy hardware is left behind. The iPhone 4 is stuck at iOS 7.1.2, for example, and the first-gen iPad is stuck all the way back at iOS 5.1.1. Although Apple does a pretty admirable job dragging old hardware along for each iOS update, every train has a final stop. “SD cards use less power + put out less heat than the comparable SSDs,” she said in her blog explaining the project.What's the Deal With Old Versions of iOS and New Apps?Īs of the publication of this article, we're currently on iOS 9 and, in a short few months, iOS 10 will roll out to the public. She used a thin iFlash Quad which let her insert four SD cards. Old iPods had hefty HDDs and Huxtable wanted something sleeker and bigger. Her biggest upgrades were the battery and the storage. I ‘rediscovered' a few of them on Spotify, but it still felt like I was being guided towards letting someone else choose for me.”įor the project, Huxtable pulled apart a 5th generation iPod. It was starting to become more and more like background noise with a beat. “The genre variety of what I listened to had plummeted as well, and I wasn't enjoying the music quite so much.
“Not because I'd stopped liking them, but because they weren't being suggested by whatever algorithm dictates my listening,” Huxtable said. Huxtable got the idea to make the iPod when she realized she hadn’t listened to some of her favorite artists in a really long time. Apple still sells iPods, but they’re just iPhones with features stripped out and most of us listen to music through streaming services. Released more than 20 years ago, the original iPod with its click wheel and basic interface, is now a piece of tech we feel nostalgia for.
The iPod was a revolutionary device that gave people unprecedented control over their listening habits.
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