![]() Isn’t technology amazing?Īpart from Google Maps and iMessage, I didn’t have much luck. Even though the app is outdated, Google Maps still supports Apple’s iPod touch and showed me the steps to take a bus to my school. I was able to make a route to my old college. Tired of Apple Maps on your shiny iPhone 13 Pro Max? Just pick up your old iPod touch and open the original Maps. Believe it or not, Google Maps still works Lame.īut there are still some stock apps I can use. For a second, the Apple TV app started to download, then Apple said that it required iOS 10.2. I also tried to download Instagram, Tumblr, Fruit Ninja, and Temple Run, but they require a new version of iOS. I started thinking about all the great apps that I used to have and, to my surprise, I was able to download two old versions of them: Telegram and Candy Crush – even though Telegram doesn’t let me add my phone number and Candy Crush just keeps crashing. It’s tricky to download apps from the App Store. You can downloads apps from the App Store – sort of Or, if I want, I can try to find the old Apple EarPods and just use the headphone jack as we all used to. That said, there’s this nostalgic feeling of using a very expensive wireless headphone with an old piece of tech. I know you know this, but isn’t it kind of funny being able to connect your 2020 AirPods Max with the 2009 iPod touch? My iPod also recognizes my HomePods and Apple TV 4K, but for some reason, it keeps asking for my set-top box password and when I insert it, the iPod just asks again. iPod touch still can pair with AirPods Max or any bluetooth speaker I know, its speakers aren’t a big deal, and the screen can get very reflective, but I still can take advantage of about an hour of listening time or so. I can also watch video clips and movies with my iPod touch. You just have to scroll through your favorite albums. At the time, I didn’t like it, but now I think I can truly appreciate it. Vaccine‘s and Haim‘s first albums, Paul McCartney’s New, and, wow, just got distracted by the cover flow feature. In 2022, I still can take advantage of the “Music” and “Video” apps by redownloading my favorite tunes. Luckily, I have bought a few tracks when I was a teenager and a few movies as well. With the third-generation iPod touch relying less on the Mac, I was just a tap away from my next favorite movie or album. In a period of streaming services and dozens of subscriptions, I’m reminded of the importance of the iTunes Store back in the early 2010s. It’s time to discover what I can still do with the third-generation iPod touch The iTunes Store is your best friend ![]() My photos have now been all erased, and I still have 39 notes on my Notes app. Some of the stocks apps don’t work anymore and, somehow, my Twitter app is trapped in a 2013 timeline with some of my friends complaining about random stuff. ![]() Then, when I can finally see the home screen, I’m reminded of what enchanted me about Apple products with its skeuomorphic apps stuck on iOS 5.1.1 When I slide to unlock it, I’m reminded of my Beatlemania period when I was 14 years old, as a 20- something Paul McCartney looks at me. My iPod touch’s volume buttons don’t work anymore, but the Home and power buttons are still just fine. ![]() There’s a nostalgia about holding this 3.5-inch device with a now oxidated stainless steel back. To write this story, I had to wait over an hour until it decided to properly turn on, but it is always worth it. Now, in 2022, you can still take advantage of this device – sort of.Įvery now and then I decide to turn on my 13-year-old iPod touch, and every time it gets trickier. With up to 64GB of storage, the iPhone counterpart didn’t have a camera, nor a fancy processor, but somehow its 3.5-inch multitouch screen conquered a new generation of Apple users – myself included. Thirteen years ago, Apple unveiled the third-generation iPod touch.
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