Nostalgia is a funny thing, because your emotions trick you into thinking you want something that has absolutely no functional value. This Apple Watch iPod nano concept, published on Behance by Korean designer Joyce Kang, is an example that suddenly makes you appreciate the iPod nano that’s currently sitting in a dusty corner of your drawer. Spotted by 9to5Mac, the concept images show a silicone case in the shape of Apple’s classic click-wheel iPod, that neatly houses an Apple Watch Series 4. None of the buttons on the case are functional, of course, but are just there for aesthetic purposes. You’d still be able to use the Apple Watch as normal, through the touchscreen or via a pair of wireless earbuds. About seven years ago, before Apple realized that iPods were so over and people now preferred listening to their illegally downloaded mp3s from Limewire on their smartphones, companies were making watchbands for the sixth-generation iPod nano to fill the gap before the … [Read more...] about We’ve come full circle with this Apple Watch iPod nano concept
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Today in Apple history: Bono’s (Product)Red iPod nano fights HIV/AIDS
October 13, 2006: Apple launches its limited-edition iPod nano (Product)Red Special Edition music player, with 10 percent of profits going to fight AIDS in Africa. Created in association with U2 lead singer Bono and activist/attorney Bobby Shriver, it’s the first of many Apple philanthropic products. “We’re ecstatic that Apple is giving their customers the choice to buy a red iPod nano and help women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa,” Bono says in a statement.The (Product)Red iPod nano was just the beginning of Apple’s efforts with Bono’s charity initiative. In the years since, the company created a range of products to benefit The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. sold at Sotheby’s for $977,000. A Jony Ive-designed (Red) Desk sold for $1,685,000. And more-affordable items like red leather iPhone cases also came out in limited editions. $65 million for (Product)Red. launch a U2-themed iPod. The group … [Read more...] about Today in Apple history: Bono’s (Product)Red iPod nano fights HIV/AIDS
Remembering the radically ever-changing iPod nano
Feature By Stephen Silver Friday, September 07, 2018, 04:09 am PT (07:09 am ET) The smallest iPod debuted September 7, 2005, lasting through seven generations until it was discontinued in 2017. A look back at the life of the iPod that changed the most. Throughout the history of Apple, the company's design aesthetic for continuing products has often entailed small tweaks over time, punctuated by the occasional huge changes. But the iPad nano was unique, in that its design changed, sometimes radically, with nearly every new edition. The iPod nano had a lot of different shapes over the course of its life. It was rectangular, then more square-ish, then rectangular again, and then a perfect square, until finally going rectangular again. It was often the cheaper alternative to another iPod product, but it added new functionalities throughout its run. No matter what it looked like, the nano was almost always touted for its compact size. And for a long stretch of its existence, it was … [Read more...] about Remembering the radically ever-changing iPod nano
The iPod touch is a worthy end to the iconic music line
By Stephen Silver Wednesday, September 05, 2018, 03:51 am PT (06:51 am ET) September 5, 2007 is the day Apple's sole-surviving iPod was launched. Yet for a final device, the iPod touch has persisted and it's also introduced many to iOS. AppleInsider examines its legacy and the surprising number of editions that were made. It was a sleek, modern, touch-screen device that Apple introduced to the world in 2007 —but it wasn't the iPhone. On September 5, 2007, the company launched the iPod touch and if it didn't get the same attention then, perhaps it should have. For in retrospect it was a watershed moment for Apple. Up until then, the iPod in its many forms had been an incredible success that genuinely changed both Apple and the world. It was a music player that had transformed Apple from a computer company into a consumer electronics one and everybody had one. That ended in 2007 when the iPhone was introduced and, seemingly overnight, replaced the iPod completely. Yet if the … [Read more...] about The iPod touch is a worthy end to the iconic music line
iPod design, iPad name borrowed for high-tech Dubai apartment building
By Roger Fingas Friday, May 18, 2018, 07:12 am PT (10:12 am ET) A technologically advanced apartment complex in Dubai, opening later this year, was inspired by the design of Apple's iPod, according to its architect. James Law's design — known as The Pad — is tilted back 6 degrees, and meant to resemble a second-generation iPod nano. At one point the building was called the "iPad Tower," Business Insider noted — a name presumably abandoned because it would've encountered legal objections from Apple. The 24-story complex has been under construction since 2006, explaining the Nano reference point. Work was originally due to finish in 2010, but economic problems forced severe delays. Technologically the building is much more recent, with each apartment having a projection wall simulating different locations, and a bathroom that analyzes health data and displays it on a mirror. They're also prewired for smart music and lighting, for instance optionally shifting color if … [Read more...] about iPod design, iPad name borrowed for high-tech Dubai apartment building