Earlier in the yearI wrote about how much I loved the iPod.
And you know what?
My feelings havent changed its still the best gadget ever released.
Herein lies the problem.
Apple, if youre reading this, hey listen carefully.
I need a new iPod.
Notice how I said need.
Wanting is a childish emotion.
An amateur can want.
Needing is deep and complex.
So get me a new goddamn iPod.
But maybe theres a reason Apple hasnt released a new iPod.
Maybe its because it doesnt know how to make it great.
But you know who understands exactly what needs to happen to make a new, brilliant iPod?
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Others werent so fortunate.
I knew plenty of people who turned their iPod into a brick by dropping it.
A solid state hard drive in a new iPod would make that problem a thing of the past.
Loads and loads of storage
Im talking more storage than a shipping container.
More storage than a port.
A planets amount of storage.
The biggest iPod ever made was 160GB, but that was released a decade ago.
Things are different now.
So, Apple, kindly deliver me an iPod with at least 1TB of storage.
just and thank you.
Support for a range of file formats
Look, I want FLAC files on my iPod.
I want that uncompressed magic.
How else am I meant to fill up that tasty terabyte?
A touch wheel
This is important.
I dont want the new iPod to be an iPhone clone.
It has got to have that old school style wheel.
But it doesnt need to be stuck in the past.
I want to listen to music non-stop for days.
I want to charge this thing like once a week at most.
So jam a huge battery in there.
We have the technology.
Only music apps
This is vital.
The new iPod shouldnt have social media, messaging, or games none of that shit whatsoever.
Its a music gear, plain and simple.
Bluetooth, WiFi, but no mobile data
Remember, we want this battery to last.
Dont sully the iPod with the need to have another data subscription.
Bluetooth is important though.
A headphone jack
Dont fucking jerk me around with this, Apple.
Put a goddamn headphone jack on this iPod or Ill come at you hard.Hard.
While youre at it re-design iTunes
It could be good.
It really could be, but its sucked for over a decade now.
Come on, Apple, sort it out.
So will Apple ever release a modern iPod?
And my fees are quite reasonable.
