{"id":811882,"date":"2026-10-24T00:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T00:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811882\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T00:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T00:02:16","slug":"apple-celebrates-ipods-25th-anniversary-with-fun-easter-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811882\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple celebrates iPod&#8217;s 25th anniversary with fun easter egg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The original iPod turns 25 today and Apple decided to celebrate the milestone with a fun easter egg on the Apple Music website. Going to <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/ipod\" class=\"emphasis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">music.apple.com\/us\/ipod<\/a> will reveal a fully functional digital version of the first-gen music player complete with the iconic scroll wheel and stacked with a big selection of 90-second sample songs from the era.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792800133_768_gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"Apple celebrates iPod's 25th anniversary with fun easter egg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a fun way to experience one of the most iconic Apple devices ever. The original iPod was announced on October 23, 2001 and hit store shelves on November 10 of that year. It was available in 5GB and 10GB storage trims and connected to Mac computers via the 6-pin FireWire 400 connector.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-row clearfix\">&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/22\/05\/ipod-touch\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_002.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iPod\" width=\"203\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792800133_254_gsmarena_002.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/22\/05\/ipod-touch\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_003.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iPod mini\" width=\"203\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792800134_653_gsmarena_003.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/22\/05\/ipod-touch\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_004.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iPod nano (2nd gen)\" width=\"203\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792800134_729_gsmarena_004.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/22\/05\/ipod-touch\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_005.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iPod touch\" width=\"203\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792800135_528_gsmarena_005.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/22\/05\/ipod-touch\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_006.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iPod nano (7th gen)\" width=\"203\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792800135_426_gsmarena_006.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/22\/05\/ipod-touch\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_007.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iPod shuffle (4th gen)\" width=\"203\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792800136_804_gsmarena_007.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>iPod \u2022 iPod mini \u2022 iPod nano (2nd gen) \u2022 iPod touch \u2022 iPod nano (7th gen) \u2022 iPod shuffle (4th gen)<\/p>\n<p>The iPod lineup was officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_discontinues_the_ipod_touch_the_last_remaining_ipod-news-54254.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">discontinued<\/a> by Apple in 2022 with the iPod touch (7th gen) serving as the last entry in the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The original iPod turns 25 today and Apple decided to celebrate the milestone with a fun easter egg&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-811882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}