Company creates Apple Watch case that turns it into a small iPod

A company has created a case for your Apple Watch that converts it into a teeny iPod. 

Cast your mind back a few years, and you’ll most likely remember that when it came to listening to music, the Apple iPod was the go-to bit of tech, with around 450 million sold worldwide.

Launched back in 2001, the iPod provided us with music while on the go, until the tech giant announced it was discontinuing them in 2022. 

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“Music has always been part of our core at Apple, and bringing it to hundreds of millions of users in the way iPod did impacted more than just the music industry – it also redefined how music is discovered, listened to and shared,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice-president of worldwide marketing, at the time.

The original models—which can now be worth a lot of money—were designed as music players, but later versions could run numerous apps, meaning you could play games, watch videos, and even take photos. 

And if reading all of this is making you miss your long-lost beloved iPod, then we’ve got some good news – because a company has created a case that can convert your Apple Watch into a ‘tinyPod’. 

The teeny case allows you to scroll your existing Apple Watch apps – such as your music, emails, news, photos, podcasts, and maps – all from the palm of your hand, rather than on your wrist. 

To really give it that iPod-feel, its even got a little wheel that works with your existing watch. Clever stuff. 

The ‘tinyPod’ even comes with a physical scroll wheel

“What goes around, comes around! Rediscover the delight of tactile scrolling with tinyPod’s physical scroll wheel,” the company says on its website. 

“And yes, it actually scrolls. How? Through carefully mechanized components inside, tinyPod’s wheel makes direct rotation contact with your Apple Watch crown, letting it naturally scroll anything across the OS.” 

The case is charged using the same cable as the Apple Watch and promises ‘multi-day battery life’ due to its ‘wrist detection feature’. 

If you fancy getting your hands on one, they cost $79 (£61) a piece, with a ‘lite’ version on sale for $29 (£22). 

And if this isn’t all quite enough nostalgia for you, did you know you can have a CD player built into the new Subaru WRX? 

What a time to be alive.