VIDEO: APPLE IS KILLING THE IPOD NANO AND IPOD SHUFFLE!

Remember iPods? Even after touchscreen smartphones took over most daily music duties, there was one iPod that still stuck around with a job to do. The Shuffle, the cheapest and purest of all, up until today. 

Links for both the products stopped working on Apple's website and Apple has decided to kill both the iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano very quietly. The basic iPod Touch sells for $199, but Apple makes little to no money on that compared to the sales of a new iPhone. At this point, it exists to avoid angering the customers who hate smartphones but already have a massive iTunes library. 

But losing the Shuffle is sad times.  Smartphones, for as good as they are, still remain fragile and awkward to take running or cycling with you, and lack the good physical controls of the iPod Shuffle.

Apple killing off the headphone jack with the iPhone 7 has sparked a massive improvement in Bluetooth headphones in the last year, and it’s getting to the point where they’re much better than the corded alternative. Killing off the Shuffle sucks right now, but if it makes for a more convenient alternative (maybe like Kickstarter sensation Mighty?) then we are all for it.

Have a look at the video to see how Steve Jobs originally introduced the iPod Nano and to hear more on the topic of why Apple is deciding to kill the iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano.