Please read the following extract about the death of the IPOD Nano Why the death of the iPod nano is also the end of a gadget era By Hayley Tsukayama July 28, 2017 The Washington Post Apple has killed off the iPod nano and the iPod shuffle, the remaining music players in its lineup that were solely dedicated to playing music. It has gotter rid of their Web pages and no longer sells them online; those feeling nostalgic have to hit up Best Buy or other retailers while supplies last. With them ga the legacy of the iPod -- a device that helped revitalize Apple - and the vestiges of a gadget-driven tech era. So the writing has been on the wall for these iPods for a while. Apple hasn't even released sales numbers for iPods since 2014, when it lumped them into its "Other Products" category after quarters of sliding interest. That same year, we bade farewell to the iPod Classic - the last design descendant of the original iPod that made mobility a focus of the firm. In terms of their impact on Apple, the nano and the shuffle weren't nearly as groundbreaking - although the iPod nano sold very well in its day - nor as central to the Apple identity as the first iPods. They couldn't tap the App Store, as their successor, the iPod touch, can. But they had their role to play in setting Apple's reputation among consumers. Ultimately, we moved on from the iPod nano and the iPod shuffle to the IPhone - originally thought of as an "iPod phone" when we didn't realize what it and the smartphone revolution could do. Meanwhile, the iPod nano started to show its age. Even after several revamps, it looked and felt like a relic of the past - Apple even had an odd version of its operating system on the device that almost looked like a knockoff of its other products. The shuffle had found enthusiasts among runners and other fitness buffs needing a player that wouldn't ever be interrupted by a phone call from the office and didn't require them to bring a fanny pack along on a workout. But ultimately, while the iPod may have helped to rebuild Apple, the classic music player no longer fits with the company's direction. Gadgets are no longer just gadgets for most tech firms; they're hardware portals to a broad range of services. Apple is more focused on services than ever - Apple Music, Apple Health, the App Store, Apple TV. Devices that you could theoretically load up once and never need to connect to Apple again? That's not a service play. So the iPod touch is now the standard-bearer for the iPod name - an iPhone in every respect except for its lack of a cellular connection. In some ways, it's poetic. The iPhone got a boost from the IPod's name and the Apple reputation it helped build. Now it's taken over its predecessor completely. Questions 2.1 Based on the information contained in the article, what kind of management decision did Apple make about the iPod Nano 2.2 Identify the strategic outcomes of abolishing the iPOD line 2.3 What kind of Information Systems would have informed this decision to discontinue iPODs