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Requiem for Perfection: R.I.P. iPod Classic
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Requiem for Perfection: R.I.P. iPod Classic

By
Sean McCarthy
/ 16 September 2014
Last week, Apple answered the question "Why mess with perfection?" by quietly killing off the iPod Classic.
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You’d Throw ‘Retromania’ Against the Wall If You Weren’t So Immersed in It

By
Timothy Gabriele
/ 7 August 2011
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R.I.P. Sony Walkman, or, My Mixtape Confession

By
Sean Murphy
/ 9 November 2010
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Play It Again, Please: Grappling with Repeated Album Listens in the iPod Age

By
Sean McCarthy
/ 12 July 2010
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Paranoid Android: Is Music the Opiate of the iPod-Owning Masses?

By
Dann Gaymer
/ 12 May 2010
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Shuffle play

By
Rob Horning
/ 8 August 2005

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