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The new iPod nano is out and while it's not as hackable (yet) as its older cousins, you can do a few things like change the text strings, mod the font and even change the graphics (sorta). Here's HOW TO mod a pod, a work in progress for the iPod nano.... 

Like everything else in the household here, the new iPod nano was quickly hacked and modded to see what was possible. The value of a gadget for us here is more than just features, style and function--it needs to be malleable to bends, tweaks and personalization. While the iPod nano isn't as hackable as older iPods (run linux, record high quality, etc...) there are some things you can do. Here are just a few to get started.

Check out the full article [here].

Wcars05 from iPod linux have ported iD?s classic Doom to the iPod. Currently this is playable on the iPod Photo and will ?work? on the 1?4G?s and the Mini 1G/2G. You must also have the shareware Doom I or Doom II .wad files in the folder with Doom. (only one .wad at a time because there is currently no selector.)

To play, mount your iPod and make a folder like ?doom.? Copy over the doom bin file and the .wad file to the same folder. Unmount the iPod from your computer, start up iPodLinux and open the ?File Browser,? then the ?hp? folder and lastly the ?doom? folder (or whatever you named it.) Finally open Doom and shoot away =)

Keys:
-Rewind : Left
-Fastforward : Right
-Menu : Up
-Play/Pause : Fire
-Hold : Exit
-Action : Use
-Right on the wheel: Y
-Left on the wheel : Enter

Things to fix/add:
-Overhead map
-Weapon switching.
-Launcher.
-Better inputs.
-Scaled video
-Wad selector?

You can get it in our iPod Download section with source.

viPodzilla is a Podzilla built from the CVS. It also includes features that are not found in the CVS.

Windows

1. Download the viPodzilla Binary to your desktop.
2. Make sure the file is named "viPodzilla.tgz" (without the quotes), otherwise the file will decompress incorrectly.
3. Open it with your archiver of choice (WinRAR is one such archiver that supports tar.gz).
4. Open My Computer, and double-click on your iPod, as to be in the root of your iPod.
5. In your archiver, select all files and drag/extract them to the root of your iPod (the window you opened above).
6. Reboot the iPod into Linux and enjoy viPodzilla.

Mac

1. Copy the new podzilla binary to /Volumes//bin/ overwriting the existing one.
2. Make sure the new binary is executable: In Terminal, do: chmod +x "/Volumes//bin/podzilla"
3. Install the graphics for connect4,keyman and snake by putting the connect4,KMData and nxsnake folder in /Volumes//
4. Install viP by putting viP in /Volumes//bin/ and put viP.conf in /Volumes//etc/

Games

• Snake (Made by Dijaconil)
• Memory (Made by Filippo Forlani)
• Stepmania (Made by

  ssteve

  (http://www.ipodlinux.org/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=905)

  )
• Connect 4 (1) (Made by Djaconil)
• DopeWars (Made by Nuno Sousa)
• Chopper (Made by Paul Hunkin)
• Wheelboard, a text input demo (Made by BlackMac)

• (1) Graphics must be installed.

• KeyMan (Made by Take)

Other

• Credits (very cool credits animation by coob)

You can get it in our iPod Download section.

YamiPod v0.82 has been released for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. YamiPod is a freeware application manager that allows the user to efficiently manage his/her iPod from any of the most popular desktop operating systems. It can be run directly from the iPod, requiring no installation the host computer. Here are the features:

• stand alone program, no installation required
• iPod is automatically recognized
• mp3 and AAC files can be copied to/from iPod
• read/write access to mp3 id3 and AAC infos
• lyrics support (with internet auto search and unicode support)
• playlist support (On-The-Go included)
• playlists import and export (PLS,M3U)
• full unicode support
• auto-download new versions
• advanced song import/export settings
• 2 restore features
• built in music player
• iPod informations
• 2 search features
• remove duplicated tracks
• find lost music files
• easy ratings edit
• PC to iPod synchronization
• create and edit notes (with unicode support)
• automatically update song playcounts
• News RSS and podcasts to iPod upload
• Growl support (Apple only)
• export song lists to HTML or plain text files
• multiple iPods support
• Audioscrobbler support

You can get it for Mac in our iPod Download section.

You can get it for Windows in our iPod Download section.