The iPod is a very personal device. The music, contacts, calendar and notes are stored in revealing much about your personality. From Playcounts to playlists, iPods can tell others what we love, how we think and even what we are. But if you really want to transform your iPod into an engine of extreme personal expression, why why not customize?
Hacking the iPod, if the ITA modding the case, installing custom software, or tearing and the doubling of memory can be transformed everywhere music and media player, some unique.
Note: You should be aware that trying any of these tours include the risk of ruining your device.
1. Penguin Power
iPod Linux is the essential hack, table game for most of the hacks may want to test. She fully supports iPods in generations 1-3, and has been successfully installed in all others with a view. You must enter Â'Podzilla ' That adds a graphical interface for iPod Linux. Podzilla There are several versions available to choose from. Once installed, the iPod Podzilla Linux and you will begin your iPod of barebones Linux mode. Also serve as the basis for many other hacks.
2. Look on the fly
Everyone loves Wikipedia. Free free, the user builds the ITA with entries from more subjects Britannica. ITA great information on resources, but if youÂ're away from your desk? Now you can get on your iPod and carry Wikipedia with you everywhere where you go. Unfortunately, ITA is still available for all iPod models, iPod nano and video users are left out for now, and since it will not appear on the iPod shuffle, there is no point in installing Wikipedia. First, you to install iPod Linux.
3. Double your memory
Not content with the 4 GB of memory on your iPod nano? Why not double it. First, youÂ'll need to buy a broken nano from eBay. Crack it open and remove the memory. Then open your iPod nano work, welding nano memory chip broken empty platform at work, sealed the backup, and perform a reset of the plant. YouÂ'll now have an iPod to work with 7.2GB space.
4. Mobile movies on the go
Transfer your DVD movies to your iPod easily and free using free software (parking brake), available for Mac and Windows. Be warned though: unless you use an analog capture method, ita is illegal to copy DVDs you own onto your iPod.
For Mac (and Linux), get a free copy of the hand brake. Handbrake is already available as Universal Binary, good news for those with a new MacBook, Mac mini or iMac, and can rip a video DVD directly Format MPEG-4 video youÂ'll the need to see it on your iPod. Windows users should take some additional measures. Get DVD copy program such as DVDFab Decrypter or DVD Decrypter. Convert video to AVI with a decoding tool. Finally, the conversion AVI to MPEG-4 video that can play on your iPod using Videora iPod Converter.
5. IPod to TV
Want to see your iPod content on TV? You can do this by buying a £ 15 iPod AV cable from Apple or use a mini-jack connection standard three RCA cables. These cables cost between  £ 7.10 outlets as Maplins (www.maplins.co.uk). Set your iPod to your TV output, connect the cable via the mini-jack, and plug the RCA connections on a TV via an error configuration. Apple unveils video from iPod to any red wire instead of the traditional yellow. Then youÂ'll want to connect the red wire in the video (yellow) into the socket of TV, cable yellow on white sheet and plug the white cable into the red. This is a simple trick that anyone with an iPod can try.
6. Pac attack
IPodMAME because you can play Pac-Man on your iPod. This hack will install a version of MAME, the arcade emulator program of games, your iPod. As that in the Wikipedia hack, iPodMAME requires that you first install iPod Linux. The program comes with Roma / Gypsies (all files, including all game data) including one for Pac-Man. PodMAME should work with any iPod with a color screen.
Daniel Dwase is the webmaster of http://www.best-ipod-online.com a website that provides reviews and buyers guide of iPods and accessories. Find out more about iPods and Podcasting. This article may be freely distributed if this resource box stays attached.
