Hacking an Ipod

Guide to Customizing your ipod

1. Yamipod

Freeware program YamiPod is a standalone app that you can run off your iPod that lets you manage your iPod's music without iTunes.

If you remember my self-sustaining iPod feature, YamiPod looks like an updated, more feature-rich version of vPod that is supposed to run under Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. With YamiPod you can copy music to and from your iPod, play your music off your iPod on your computer, and even manage podcasts and news RSS.

If you've ever wanted to manage your iPod from any computer without the need for iTunes, YamiPod looks like an awesome solution.

*http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/

2. MobileVideo for Ipod

Easiest ipod video converter on the web

3. Play games on Ipod for free

iPodLinux
Rockbox

Getting games up and running on iPodLinux is a pretty simple 3 step process:

1. Install iPodLinux
2. Install some games
3. Play your games

Both softwares allows you to play games on your ipod
*http://ipodlinux.org/Main_Page ----- Ipod Linux
*http://www.rockbox.org/ ----- Rockbox

4. Hack attack Ipod

Hack index for ipod from Lifehacker.com
*http://lifehacker.com/software/hack%20attack/ipod

5. Battery / harddisk Replacement Tutorial

This is damn useful

6. Best 7 Must Have iPod Applications

>> iDump
iDump it's a freeware that will allow you transfer your songs off your iPod to a PC, iDump does come wrapped in installer but you can simply drop the .exe in the root directory on your iPod and run it from there.

>> iPodCopy
iPodCopy is a useful application that allows you to copy songs or playlists from your iPod to your PC. Songs are saved under artist/album folders. Large copy operations can be canceled while in progress. Copy all your music in a couple of mouse clicks. Transfer songs and playlists from your iPod directly into iTunes.

>> iGadget
iGadget lets you to realize the full potential of your iPod. With iGadgetTM, you'll be able to transform your iPod into much more than a simple music player. You'll have the ability to turn your iPod into an information repository.

>> MediaMonkey
MediaMonkey is an easy-to-use organizer for serious music collectors.
It catalogs your CDs, MP3, WMA, and OGG audio tracks, and looks up and intelligently tags and renames/reorganizes them.
MediaMonkey rips CDs, converts audio file formats, and easily creates mixes. It integrates with Nero for CD Burning, and with Winamp for playback.

>> Plato Video to iPod Converter
The application converts various video file formats to MP4 for iPod, supports almost all digital video files (AVI, MPG, MPEG, ASF, WMV, MOV, 3GP, SWF) into an iPod-ready format. It features hardware auto-detect: Automatically detect your hardware and decide the best converting speed.

>> SuperAV Converter
It works flawlessly, converting both audio and video files from almost any format imaginable into almost any format imaginable.
SuperAVConverter is an all-in-one, multimedia converter. You can rip CD tracks to WAV, MP3, WMA, and OGG files, and convert audio and video files. Supported audio formats include WAV, MP3, OGG, WMA, APE, AAC, AC3, and RMA.

>> iPodSync
iPodSync is a tool to keep your Microsoft Outlook calendar contacts, tasks, and notes synchronized between your PC and your iPod. iPodSync also syncs weather forecasts and news from the Web. iPodSync turns your iPod into a PDA. You specify what information you want to sync and iPodSync does the rest.