∞ Click-wheel games quietly disappear from App Store

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AppleInsider:

Users used to be able to access a link to “iPod Click Wheel Games” by clicking the drop-down menu on the App Store link in iTunes. But now, that option has disappeared from the menu.

Rumors suggest that Apple is discontinuing the click-wheel iPod Classic. It seems obvious that an iPod touch with similar storage capacity (128GB) will ultimately replace it, though such a device hasn’t shown up in the store yet.

No new software has appeared for the iPod Classic in some time, but I don’t understand why Apple would remove existing apps from the App Store – what harm is there in keeping it on? I still have an iPod Classic that gets use on long road trips – it’s the only thing big enough to support my entire iTunes library. I’ve spoken with other users who still depend on theirs too, so I know they’re in use.


  • Anonymous

    iPod is not sleeping, it is dead. It is an ex-iPod.

  • http://www.theuniversalsteve.com Anonymous

    I have always been adamantly opposed to discontinuing the iPod Classic. But now I find I’m not feeling as strongly. I don’t use my Classic as much as I used to. I don’t take many long trips, so I end up just listening to the iPhone over Bluetooth in my car. But I do still like the fact that I can carry the entire 1200+ albums in my music library with me. iTunes Match will not duplicate that.

  • http://www.appswiz.com.au/ iPhone App

    I think everybody knows that it has been clear for sometime and it’s the main product line. If they really wish to do this then naming the iPod touch to iPod would have worked. 

  • Player_16

    I’ll still hang on to my silver iPod 4g mini. I can plug that into anything and it’s easier to work while driving.