iPod - Death by media Go back a year and there was nothing that Apple could have done that wouldn't have earned them countless column inches of praise in the media.

So I’ve successfully killed another iPod, raising my iPod death total to two. I swear Apple puts a tiny vial of hydrochloric acid inside the iPods with a time release set for 2 1/2 years. Bot… ...

Cook blames death of iPod classic on parts availability, no replacement planned. ... Note that the iPod classic could have received a simple update to 240 gigabytes. FIVE YEARS AGO.