▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁and ▁commercial ▁use ▁began ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁but ▁had ▁apparently ▁been ▁dis cont in ued ▁by ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁The ▁tra dem ark ▁was ▁registered ▁by ▁the ▁US P TO ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁and ▁Gr asso ▁assigned ▁it ▁to ▁Apple ▁Computer , ▁Inc . ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁recorded ▁use ▁in ▁commerce ▁of ▁an ▁" i Pod " ▁tra dem ark ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁by ▁Ch rys alis ▁Cor p . ▁of ▁St urg is , ▁Michigan , ▁sty led ▁" i PO D ", ▁for ▁office ▁furn iture . ▁ ▁In ▁mid - 2 0 1 5 , ▁several ▁new ▁color ▁schemes ▁for ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁i Pod ▁models ▁were ▁sp otted ▁in ▁the ▁latest ▁version ▁of ▁i T unes , ▁ 1 2 . 2 . ▁Belg ian ▁website ▁Belg ium ▁iPhone ▁originally ▁found ▁the ▁images ▁when ▁plug ging ▁in ▁an ▁i Pod ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time , ▁and ▁subsequent ▁le aked ▁photos ▁were ▁found ▁by ▁Pierre ▁D and um ont . ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Apple ▁removed ▁the ▁i Pod ▁N ano ▁and ▁Sh uffle ▁from ▁its ▁stores , ▁mark ing ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁Apple ▁producing ▁stand alone ▁music ▁players . ▁Currently , ▁the ▁i Pod ▁Touch ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁i Pod ▁produced ▁by ▁Apple . ▁ ▁Hard ware ▁