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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>O) is discontinuing the iPod more than 20 years after the device became the face of portable music and kickstarted its meteoric evolution into the world\u2019s biggest company.<\/p>\n

The iPod Touch, the only version of the portable music player still being sold, will be available till supplies last, Apple said in a blog post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Since its launch in 2001, the iPod took on a storm of competing music players before being eclipsed by smartphones, online music streaming and within the Apple pantheon, by the rise of the iPhone.<\/p>\n

The iPod has undergone several iterations since its inception featuring a scroll wheel, the capacity to store a 1,000 songs and a 10-hour battery-life.<\/p>\n

The version that has been carried till date \u2013 the iPod Touch \u2013 was launched in 2007, the same year as the iPhone. Apple stopped reporting iPod sales in 2015.<\/p>\n

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