Apple, the iPod turns 20: this is how it has revolutionized the way people listen to music

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L’iPod, the mp3 file player of Apple which has contributed to revolutionizing the musical enjoyment on the go, turns 20. It was October 23, 2001 when it made its appearance on store shelves, announced as the device capable of putting “a thousand songs in the user’s pocket”, as stated in the slogan with which Apple presented the product to the public.

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Although now the songs in users’ pockets – thanks to smartphones and streaming services – are thousands and thousands, at the time the iPod was truly revolutionary: it retired the old walkman of the 1980s, which required the use of cassettes to record the music on

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APPLE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER STEVE JOBS UNVEILED NEW APPLE PRODUCTS IN SAN FRANCISCO. IN THE PHOTO PRESENTS THE NEW IPOD SHUFFLE (100901) - SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1, 2010 - Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces a new iPod Shuffle at Apple's fall 2010 event in San Francisco, the United States, Sept. 1, 2010. Apple unveiled a new line of its iPod models on Wednesday's event, claiming it the biggest change in the iPod lineup ever. Qi Heng) (zw) (SAN FRANCISCO - 2010-09-02, Qi Heng / Xinhua / photoshot) ps the photo can be used in compliance with the context in which it was taken, and without the defamatory intent of the decorum of the people represented

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Just a few months before the launch of the iPod, the company then led by Steve Jobs had launched iTunes, the software to organize and play music files that also sold songs (which obviously ended up on the iPod). iTunes and the iPod have accelerated the transition from analog to digital music, and have brought the latter back into the field of legality, giving an alternative to the pirated download of music files from the Napster platform, active between the nineties and the 2000s

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San Francisco - Steve Jobs renews Apple TV and iPod - Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces a new line of iPods. In the photo, some new iPod Nano models exhibited in the Apple Store in the Californian city.

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Since 2019, iTunes has given way to three distinct apps (for the music, i podcast and the Apple tv) thus marking the end of an era

A 1st Generation iPod Shuffle music player in London, after Apple announced plans to discontinue the iPod nano and shuffle models, leaving the iPod Touch as the company's only standalone music device available. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday July 28, 2017. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok / PA Wire

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In the course of these twenty years, the use of music has changed radically. Today it happens directly from smartphone And through streaming services

epa03111235 A Chinese boy uses iPod touch in an Apple store in Qingdao city, eastern China's Shandong province, 18 February 2012. The impact of a legal dispute over the use of the name 'iPad' has spread to more Chinese cities, prompting stores to remove the popular Apple tablet computers from shelves recently. EPA / WU HONG

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But the iPod has not retired: there is in fact its touch version still on sale. The device, an iconic product and for the most nostalgic, allows you to play and use many apps also available for the iPhone

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 23: Apple Ipod Mini at the Apple Computer store in Soho., (Photo by Andrew Savulich / NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

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A curiosity: in the action film Baby Driver, the protagonist listens to music only with his vast collection of iVintage pod

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The design iPod was minimalist, elegant and sober. Available in different colors, it was equipped with a central scroll wheel for navigation. Its capacity initially was of 5 GB, over time it came to 256 GB of the iPod Touch currently on the market

APPLE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER STEVE JOBS UNVEILED NEW APPLE PRODUCTS IN SAN FRANCISCO. IN THE PHOTO PRESENTS THE NEW IPOD LINE (100901) - SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1, 2010 - Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces a new line of iPods at Apple's fall 2010 event in San Francisco, the United States, Sept. 1, 2010. Qi Heng) (zw) (SAN FRANCISCO - 2010-09-02, Qi Heng / Xinhua / photoshot) ps the photo can be used in accordance with the context in which it was taken, and without the defamatory intent of the decoration of the people represented

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In the years, Apple he retired the iPod nano and it shuffle, landed on the market in 2005 to replace theiPod mini. All these models have contributed to making the history of the device

[Retrospettiva] Steve Jobs, father of Apple and the personal computer. Pictured Steve Jobs in San Francisco in 2005 introducing the new iPod Shuffle.

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The beginning of the decline of the iPod – and the other mp3 players – was the launch in 2007 iPhone, smartphone that combines phone and music player in one gadget. Then came the music streaming revolution, which has surpassed physical record sales and digital downloads: instead of buying individual songs, services like Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music and others allow you to choose from a catalog of millions of songs at any time, in exchange for paying a monthly subscription (or without subscription, but with advertising)

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