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The iPod arrived in that teenage sweet spot where music is everything. I’m sorry to see the iPod go simply because I can’t afford what Apple charge for an iPhone with memory large enough to get all of my music and playlists on to.

I use my phone everywhere else, but I’ve found quite a lot of what I listen to is not available on Spotify. I still use my iPod Shuffle – it’s so much easier at the gym than a phone. But I won’t get rid of the iPod as it works and a museum might want it one day. Sadly, I got rid of my docking port – more fool me. The biggest problem I have is finding a charger as Apple have changed them so many times. I still have my first iPod, and it still worked the last time I tried it. The wheel on the original iPods used to drive me a bit crazy as it was sensitive to the slightest touch you’d try to move forwards on a playlist and you’d skip too many songs, so you’d try to go back but would go too far the other way. I had all my music digitised and on my iPod – it was so easy back then. It was a 40GB iPod and came with so many accessories – a docking port charger, headphones, a protective carry case, you name it. I bought my first iPod in 2004 in Singapore.

Andy Clarke, software designer, Wales, UK ‘A museum might want it one day’ The battery doesn’t last, but that doesn’t matter as it’s constantly connected to USB power in my car. It’s a 160Gb model and contains my entire music collection – ripped from CDs – as it was a few years ago. My 2007 black iPhone Classic is still permanently attached to the hi-fi in my car. It’s a shame there will be no more iPods as there’s still a place for a distraction-free music player. No emails, no messages, and no notifications. As a music player, an iPod has none of the potential distractions of a phone. My wife still takes her 2007 “fat iPod nano” on holiday as she doesn’t like taking her iPhone to the pool. Our family has had plenty of iPods over the years an early iPod with a click wheel, a mini, three Nanos, two Shuffles, and a Classic. He loved showing his friends this device that looked like it belonged in the future.

I had to ask friends in Florida to bring one over for my son’s 12th birthday. When the incredible but short-lived iPod Mini was released in 2004, it wasn’t available in the UK at first.

Download the last version for ipod Dream Town