Breaking news: A journalist just discovered that the thing he stopped using while still functioning normally still functions after a lng time left in a drawer.

Not to brag, but this is my mp3 in 2026:

It plays wonderfully. But only works with Windows XP for transfers...

CONGRATULATIONS YOU JUST WON A FREE IPOD NANO!

Offline media player

Works exactly as intended

I am John's complete lack of surprise

Apple products are great. The Apple ecosystem, not so much. If you're into FOSS computing and FOSS media formats, you're not going to have a good time.

Recently resurrected a nano; it’s 20 years old. Works fine, but I haven’t done the music transfer yet.

My full size iPod though won’t boot. Just clicks and reboots constantly. I think the hard drive is toast.

And the battery didn't bulge a few hours after a full charge?

Doubt it.

Just gonna leave this here: https://store.hiby.com/products/hiby-digital-m500

I charged up my gen 2 shuffle very recently as well, but got the spicy pillow treatment instead. RIP to a real one!

I still use my iPod mini plugged into a music centre of the same vintage. I don't update it though, its lovely having my 2004-5 music capsule.

They're great devices.

Recently, my partner's 18yo nephew asked her if she had any iPods (she doesn't). I took a photo of the eight or so different models that I still have in storage and sent it to him just to gloat. I'm a monster.

The iPod is probably the single greatest thing Apple has ever made. I have an old iPod that still works great. The battery needs to be replaced. It's the best music player I have.

Jealous yours works. The battery on my 1st gen 2gb bloated and killed the screen. But apparently there was a recall on them years before, so I sent it in to apple and they sent me a 7th gen 16gb, which I still use. At the time it just felt like an upgrade, but now I kind of wish I just fixed the 1st gen

I bought one of those used for my daughter a couple of years ago. It was quite the hassle to replace the apple firmware win with rockbox, but it's been working well since then. It's copy and paste mp3s now instead of using apples spying bloatware just to get a few files onto the device. The battery is not great but still lasts a couple of hours after 15(?) years.

The clickwheel ribbon cable on my iPod mini broke a couple of weeks ago, so at the weekend a friend of me very kindly donated his own mini to me, so I'm back on my iPod bullshit.

iPod gang rise up.

Oh, and if you're using Linux, or don't want the hassle of installing iTunes, TunesReloaded seems to be a genuinely great tool.

I really should get around to refurbing the 5th and 7th gen Classics I have too. They're more versatile than the mini. But the mini is by far and away the easiest to flashmod.

Surprise surprise

Creative MuVo TX FM gang

I have a 3rd gen nano, it's used everyday. Battery is still fine. Now to charge up my Zune HD.

I miss my Zune. Best music player ever.

Rockbox supports modern codecs including Opus, so you can fit nearly 4 days of decent quality music on a 4GB iPod.

I still have an ipod 60gb, the first one with color screen. You know, the one one where they forced U2 down your throat. It still works, so does it's original charging cable. And my ears still bleed when I hear U2.

Weirdly I picked 2 up yesterday. 1st gen I think battery isn’t to bad, I’d almost forgotten the swish around the wheel.

Also go a gen5 but the battery was shagged! Plugged it in and it went pop.

If anyone like getting their hands dirty with tinkering, then you can get inspiration from Zac's YouTube video about modernising an iPod.

Some time ago I was thinking getting one, but the price and audio quality, was 2 corners.

Cries in Sansa Fuse that I dropped several times until it shattered, still worked, and then the pastic got all gooie

I have a U2 branded iPod... Whatever generation those were that I found lying in the gutter years ago, cleaned up and still works (screen's scratched to shit but it's still readable). I just use it to store pictures.