A Japanese site has released a series of photos about iPod NanoÂ?s dissection:

The same case with other iPods, very tight.
No air caps.

Divided into 3 parts. The connection between the internal unit
and the front panel has been cut off for comparision.

Internal comparision with iPod mini.

The battery was minimized for space saving.

Data I/O is the same with other firewire versions.
Audio Out and the data port is now on the same side.

Internal unitÂ?s surface.
You can see the data memory chip there.

Internal unit (back)

2MB cache memory chip on memory connector board.

Comparison with iPod Photo.

 

During the cold winter months in Wisconsin, avid iPod users find difficulty in comfortably controlling their MP3 player. In order to manipulate the touch-based iPod controls or AppleÂ?s standard remote control, pockets must be opened and gloves or mittens removed, losing precious heat to the cold. One possible solution would be to use general body motion to control the iPod as opposed to touch. This would require no dexterous tasks, only general movements.

This same concept would also make controlling an iPod easier for active people (eg. riding a bike - you can keep your eyes on the road and don't have to use fingers) and those who lack dexterity and can't use their fingers to manipulate the iPod controls (eg. arthritis sufferers).

The goal of the motion-based iPod remote control was to design and build a remote control for the iPod that responds to a userÂ?s motion. An accelerometer is used to detect the motion of a user. A microprocessor then interprets these movements and sends the appropriate commands to the iPod via its remote control port.

Deepermotive has put togeather a little tutorial on how to make your own armband for your iPod Shuffle:

When I moved to Orlando, I joined a local YMCA and shortly after that, wanted to listen to my iPod Shuffle while working out. I didnÂ?t want, however, to spend $30 for the official, uber-cool Apple armband. Without much thought, one day I decided just to go to Wal-Mart and pick up what I thought I needed to make my own. My homemade armband has turned out better than I could have expected, is much better than other, commercial armbands for mp3 players, and, best of all, cost less than $4 to make.

You can read the full tutorial [here].

Source: iLounge

Jerrod Hofferth has released a guide to changing your iPod graphics. It's very basic, with pictures and step by step instructions. You can get the guide [here].

Apparently this guy got his iPod crushed after having it for only 2 days.  He was on a train during rush hour and the face plate got cracked as well as the stainless steel back getting dented.  He built this armored iPod case to protect it. Ungainly, but pretty cool looking!  He has even given some specs to duplicate the design [here].

Ok, this guy really got crazy with this iPod speaker setup.  These speakers are remote controlled and built from scratch for his wife Shuttle.  This setup is build from scientific glass and aluminum, and the sub-woofer is an inverted glass dome, and a fresnel lense from a rail-car.  The guts from a stock computer amp are used for the base electronics, and the speakers themselves are Apple Pros.

 

A problem with organizing and browsing both classical and non-classical music in the same application (and in the same file system) is that for non-classical music we tend to organize by performer, whereas for classical music we tend to organize by composer. This presents a problem when browsing in iTunes, and also presents a problem for automatic organization of MP3's -- which tag should one use to organize by?

My ideal solution for working with iTunes (and my iRiver MP3 player) is to organize classical music such that the composer appears in the artist field and the artist/ensemble appears somewhere else. The obvious choice would be to use the now vacated composer slot, and I do exactly that. I've modified iTunes to support this new paradigm and am VERY happy with the change. The final result looks like this:

View the full tutorial [here].

iPod Battery v1.1 is used to change the iPod battery indicator. By default iPod display a battery with some small tags. You can change to a numeric representation from 0 to 999, giving a better understanding of battery status.

Open program and select your iPod from popup menu.
Click on this icon


to change from analog to digital.
Or click on this icon


to change from digital to analog. You can rescan for a newly connected iPod clicking on Rescan". You can see unix commands sent to shell to change settings.

Important notes:

• PLEASE disconnect completely from your Mac to see changes. As long as iPod remains connected, You cannot see any change.
• This app was tested on original 10GB iPod and on U2 black iPod.
• Obviously it does NOT work on Shuffle! we tried, NO DAMAGE, but Shuffle as no LCD display!
  

You can get it in our iPod Download section.

Want an auxiliary jack in your car to play all your favorite songs from your iPod? Don't have an auxiliary jack? Hack a day has put together this little article to help you out!

Motsey has started a tutorial on how to change the LED lights in your iPod. He is currently waiting on the LED lights he ordered, but you can check out his tutorial progress so far.