While you’d be hard pressed to find a Hackaday writer that feels any nostalgia for the DRM nonsense the iPod helped to introduce, we’ve got to admit that we miss that click wheel. Spinning ...

Even those critical of Apple as a company have to admit that they were really onto something with the iPod. The click wheel was a brilliant input device, and the simplicity of the gadget’s user ...

The tinyPod Lite is a streamlined version made of silicone that doesn’t have the click wheel (though I added an iPod click-wheel sticker from Etsy to complete the look). Other than that ...

What’s it got over my iPod? The iPod is great, but there are a couple of next-generation features that would be nice to have. As much as the click wheel is a cool, retro control method ...