Like other digital music players, some versions of the iPod can serve as external data storage devices. At over 20 years, the iPod brand is the oldest to be discontinued by Apple.
Apple discontinued the iPod product line on May 10, 2022. Apple sold an estimated 450 million iPod products as of 2022.
The first version was released on October 23, 2001, about 8 + 1⁄ 2 months after the Macintosh version of iTunes was released. The iPod is a discontinued series of portable media players and multi-purpose mobile devices designed and marketed by Apple Inc.
