My Ipod, My Lonely, Dusty Ipod

My kids have Ipod touches and by the look of the Christmas flyers the ipod touches are still very popular. I myself have an Ipod, not a touch, but I must confess I have not listened to it in months. It is not so much obsolete as a victim of the choices it has predicated.

I have an Ipad that I use for most if not all of my internet, actually with the exception of blogging such as this and for Spotify which I still have as free and thus cannot use on my Ipad. At night I listen to Tune In Radio on the Ipad. If I want I can listen to Pandora on the Ipad but much of music comes from Spotify. In short one does not need to own music anymore. That day seems to be ending. I am not sure how artists make money under the Spotify system but clearly they must be or they would not be taking part. Right?

Spotify, Pandora, Tune In Radio and of course Sirius XM in the truck and the Ipod becomes a casualty. I do not think Apple is hurting, but certainly the era of choice is among us. For me personally Spotify is the descendant of Napster and Tune In Radio is perhaps the most underrated app for the Ipad.

For each gain however someone loses. I will dust off my Ipod but most likely will not be listening much.

My son has an overloaded ipod but he uses the computer for his music, if not spotify then our itunes collection. The next step for me is wireless speakers. Essentially what is happening is, at least in the house, itunes itself is replacing the ipod.

Still it's purpose was served, it started the revolution.