With all the attention focused on the iPhone and iPod Touch these days, it's easy to forget about our old (chewing gum stick sized) friend, the iPod Shuffle. There was a time when that skinny little white kid from Cupertino was the talk of the town. He was introduced to the world by Apple on January 11, 2005.
I've compiled a revealing group of photos documenting the melancholy after-life the original iPod Shuffle has made for himself, long since being couched by Apple.
For him, life still is random.
The Shuffle has taken up work as an iBone, an iMenorah and a coffee iStir stick used in expensive restaurants throughout Europe. He's worked as a Vegas lounge iSinger and as an iModel for famous art reproductions.
The Shuffle has had nothing but time on his hands since being a discontinued item. A sad and lonely life for an aging iPod super star, once adored by throngs of Apple fan boys everywhere. I am one who has chosen to never forget him. His shining memory will forever live on.
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props to the shuffle - go random and keep it old school!
Posted by: Damien Triggs | September 19, 2007 at 12:09 PM