On the latest episode of Build & Analyze, Marco and Dan discussed the rumor that Apple may be canceling the iPod classic during the special event that is going on today.
This got me thinking about the iPod icon on my iPhone. How long is that icon going to stick around? The iPod classic is the only iPod that the icon still bares a resemblance to (rectangle screen with scroll wheel below it). If the iPod classic is discontinued, then that icon quickly becomes something like the floppy disk toolbar icon that is used to save files in applications like Excel. It will start to look a bit dated. The mental connection between “rectangle screen with scroll wheel below it” and “play Lady Gaga” will be less clear to people who never used/saw an old iPod.
The iPod touch has always split the iPod app functionality into a Music app and a Video app. I haven’t played around with the iOS 5 betas, but maybe Apple has done the same thing with the iPod app on the iPhone.
