IPod Repair Hawaii: Observations from the Professionals at MobileREMEDIES®

It wasn’t very long ago that iPods and other dedicated MP3 players began to replace CDs as the most convenient and desirable way of storing and retrieving our favorite music. (If you would like to know more about how they evolved see: IPods and MP3 Players – past, present and future) In 2008 and in 2009 Apple sold nearly 55 million iPods each year and a teenager without an iPod or an MP3 player was a rarity! The choice of formats, styles and colors was astronomical and you could suffer from mental overload looking through the array of available cases for them online! iPod sales have fallen every year since then however, with only 14 million sold in 2014. At iPod Repair Hawaii the professionals at MobileREMEDIES® have observed first-hand this declining demand for iPods and other MP3 players in recent years. So, what’s the deal with the disappearing iPod? Actually, this was a predictable phenomenon foreseen by Apple and other manufacturers. Though any major change in product demand by the public is always complex and multifactorial, a simple and undeniable trend in our conception of our

portable electronic devices has overshadowed all of the other factors and is likely to continue to dictate which of them will slowly disappear and which will thrive. This dominant trend is towards multitasking with a personal digital assistant that we currently call our "smartphone" or our "tablet PC" rather than having multiple devices dedicated to individual tasks.

As the power and sophistication of our personal digital assistants continue to increase, their capacity to take over tasks previously accomplished only by dedicated devices also grows with every new model. Thus, they gradually cannibalize the iPods and other MP3 players, the digital cameras, the GPS devices etc.. The manufacturers’ goal has understandably been to get you to buy their brand of personal assistant to replace their dedicated device. Apple iPhone sales have continued to rise at an even faster rate than the decline of the iPod!

This trend is likely to continue in the years to come and we can make some simple predictions based upon it. (if you are interested in this topic see also: From Telephone to Smartphone: A long way in a short time! Part 5: What's Next?) Our personal digital assistants will resemble each other in that most will have a high-definition interactive visual and audio interface such as a touch screen and voice activation/ control but they will differ from each other in screen size and in how they interface with our bodies (i.e. the Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, laptop, AppleTV, etc; eventually, virtually large screens like Google Glass may come of age but this remains to be seen and their time has not yet arrived). These digital assistants will have increasingly complex data bases and sensors that will enable them to be constantly "aware" of their location in time and space (high accuracy clocks and GPS, compass settings, gravity and temperature sensors, image and face recognition, etc.) and they will "learn" our habits and make internal calculations using the data they collect along with calendars and itineraries that will allow them to establish a "personal context" for each of us in anygiven time and place and they will have the "assistance" that we require ready before we even ask. Their sophisticated sensors will monitor biological parameters such as our heart rates, energy expended and even the calories that we ingest. Many of these concepts are already in use by our current applications. The various formats of digital assistants that we choose to use will communicate seamlessly, giving each other access to our entire database, probably through cloud technology. As you may now Understand, our imagination is the only limit to what these devices may do in the years to come!

So what about the disappearing iPod or dedicated MP3 player that many of us still have around, perhaps sitting in a drawer? Should we just throw it away? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Now that our smartphones are getting bigger (and more expensive!) that little iPod may be the perfect device to use at the gym or out jogging where we would like to keep the hardware down to a minimum. It may be a perfect way to share our musical tastes or some of our audiobooks by lending it to a friend or relative after we have designed a custom program for them. With a little imagination the iPod still has many uses and will only fade away slowly. If your iPod isn’t working or you would like to purchase a refurbished device check out iPod Repair Hawaii online and contact the professionals at MobileREMEDIES® Cellphone / Electronic Repair. You can often have your iPod up and running again in a short time and for a reasonable price. MobileREMEDIES® gives a 1-year warranty on parts and labor for a repaired unit and on the entire device if you purchase a refurbished iPod from them. Keep in mind that when demand for a device goes down prices go down as well and there are some good deals to be had on discontinued models. You may turn "the disappearing iPod" to your advantage!

If you ultimately decide you really can’t find any use for your iPod it is still worth your while to contact iPod Repair Hawaii or MobileREMEDIES® rather than leave it sitting in your drawer since they may purchase some models from you for cash or instore credit even if they are broken. Don’t wait too long to inquire though, because its value will fade away along with the disappearing iPod!

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