Cracking Open the 4th Gen iPod Nano’s 

I tried opening my 4th Gen 40GB old skool iPod a couple of years back and broke mine. Don’t try this at home! Via CNET UK.

 
 
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Tuesday, October 14 2008
 
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My new (iPod) Baby 

My new baby!
Yay! Well it was getting fucking frustrating catching public transport without my fine tunes numbing out people chewing gum next to me or the barrage of school kids. I settled with a 4Gb Nano in the end. Enough space on there for whatever I’m listening to at that point in time plus my wad of podcasts. And being flash based memory means no shitty hard drive crashes. Gotta love that plus.

While Apple may release a new version of the Nano’s anytime now (possibly around the iPhone release date), even if it had a touch-screen, until that sucker has been tested to death, I’m not touching it! For me, like with any technology, until it’s proven itself in the market for a while, I won’t be folking out my hard earned cash!

 
 
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Friday, June 15 2007
 
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The Day The Music Died… 


1.8 years old and my beloved 4G 40Gb ipod is going to the ipod grave. The service is on Saturday 12pm - 12:01pm for those who want to attend. Light refreshments and food will be provided.

This is the second ipod I’ve owned. The first was the same model but the hard drive failed. Luckily it was under warranty at the time. This time, the screen came up with the dreaded unhappy face everytime I reset it which is never a good sign. So I attempted to open it up and this isn’t as easy as you’d think. Since my warranty was void anyway, I thought “what the hell” though. Now I don’t recommend you use a swiss army knife to open it. I’ve seen a few guides on how to pry it open and they all recommend using hard plastic. Probably for good reason because as soon as metal touches the screen, it damages the LCD you can see above. But I blame all of this after coming home from a Saturday night and trying to fix it. Not a good idea.

Anyhoo, I’m now on the lookout for a replacement until the new video ipod makes its way onto the shelves. If anybody has a second-hand iPod (30Gb or higher) they want to sell, shoot me an email.

 
 
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Tuesday, August 29 2006
 
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