His eureka moment came when a customer brought an iPod Classic into the local repair ... but it represents more than a piece of tech history for Lucas and his customers. It’s about an era ...

Pick up the Apple TV remote and you can see the original iPod Shuffle. Not all the design homages are so easy to make out.

Today, though, these clickwheel iPod games are on the verge of becoming lost media—impossible to buy or redownload from iTunes and protected on existing devices by incredibly strong Apple DRM. Now, ...