IPod (U2 Special Edition). And was housed in a special black case. IPod classic (120 GB) iPod nano (4th Generation) iPod shuffle. Compares the four different U2 Special Edition iPods to the standard iPod models and each U2 iPod to each other. The iPod U2 (4th Gen) The original U2 iPod.

He figures his collection would hold 231,000 songs, but only one has ever been touched or seen the light of day. Nomo Invisible Cities Rar. They remain factory sealed in their boxes. The iPod’s status as an icon was brief but seismic, a sleek and at times colorful trigger of upheaval to the music industry in the middle of the century’s first decade. Soon the iPhone with a media player, that grew more powerful with each generation, relegated the iPod to junk drawers, closets and boxes, next to that cassette-tape-playing Sony Walkman. But not before Apple sold millions of iPods and shifted our listening habits away from albums and CDs, inspiring us to build unique playlists with downloads of individual songs. We scored and deejayed our daily life with thousands of songs in our pocket.

Apple iPod Classic 4th Generation (2004) U2 Special Edition portable media player. Full information, specifications, features, links, videos and more. The value of old iPods could be music to your ears. The second generation iPod Nano in all of its colors. A 20GB U2 Special Edition iPod Classic.

We tuned out the noise and the people next to us on our commutes and in our offices, and just lost ourselves in the music. Apple still makes a few versions of the iPod, but those, too, will likely disappear. As they do, interest in collecting the personal media players is soaring — and so are the values on certain models. “I collect iPods because of their design and stamp in history,” says Wellings, an IT expert from Manchester in the United Kingdom. “Most of Apple’s devices tend to pave the path for the future, and it’s always nice to show others the original item that started a trend.” The second generation iPod Nano in all of its colors.

Photo: Nick Wellings So it began in 2001 a few months after Apple launched iTunes with a 5GB model that stored 1,000 songs. By April of 2007, Apple had sold 100 million iPods, making it the biggest-selling digital music player of all time — for several quarters it represented a sizable percentage of revenue. Flac Plugin Nero 7.

But 2007 also saw the debut of the iPhone and it wasn’t long before iPod sales began to slow. In 2014, Apple discontinued making and selling the iPod Classic. Apple Stores and other retailers still sell new versions of the iPod Shuffle, Nano and Touch. A 20GB U2 Special Edition iPod Classic. A similar model sold on eBay for $90,000 in 2014.

Photo: Nick Wellings. For what it’s worth As iPods disappear, Apple fans may want to turn to those junk drawers and boxes because those old devices could fetch a few bucks, especially if you had the foresight to buy one and leave it sealed in the box.

Values for iPods, especially first generation classics can range on eBay from a couple of hundred dollars for one used and in excellent condition, to several thousand dollars for iPods that remain factory sealed. In a post last week, listed a number of unboxed iPods, including a first generation 5G classics for $14,900 for sale on eBay. One seller offered the first three iPod models, 5GB, 10GB and 20GB, unboxed for $50,000. In 2014, a 20GB U2 Special Edition iPod Classic sold for on eBay. Wellings has one similar to that one, but has never been offered more than a few thousand pounds for an iPod in his collection. So the most important words to collectors are these: buyer beware. Brian Burke, the president and owner of, said there is no official Blue Book guide that determines value on vintage technology.