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200gb Hack for iPod Nano

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-just-plain-silly dept.

romka1 writes "For people who think their Nano doesn't have enought space for their music there is a hack walkthrough to get 200 gigs on your Nano. Warning some assembly required" For some reason this tickled my funny bone this morning. Enjoy.

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  1. Yup... by rovingeyes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    funny how I felt the same way when I read it on a lazy Thursday afternoon.

    1. Re:Yup... by Doctor+Memory · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Me too, when I submitted it a week ago....

        Ipod Nano 200GB mod 16:57 Wednesday 05 October 2005 Rejected

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  2. Only 200GB? by Yocto+Yotta · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why stop at 200GB? You could use a 500GB drive and have 150% additional capacity with zero gain in size. I'm a little disappointed that the nano cases won't quite fit anymore though. As the article states though, this is one mod any nano owner cannot do without.

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    1. Re:Only 200GB? by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 4, Funny

      One of my aims in life has been to construct a properly redundant RAID array of inexpensive disks - namely, floppy disks!

      Floppy drives are really cheap at the moment, so it shouldn't be too difficult to build up a decent amount of storage. Also, it should be possible to build a custom interface so that the whole assembly can be connected to one of these modern iPod things - I'm guessing you could add several hundred megabytes of storage in this manner and still have something fairly portable.

      Any thoughts? I'd really like to get this project off the ground, so to speak!

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    2. Re:Only 200GB? by croddy · · Score: 3, Interesting

      http://ohlssonvox.8k.com/fdd_raid.htm

    3. Re:Only 200GB? by Rycross · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Sorry someone beat you to it.

    4. Re:Only 200GB? by general_re · · Score: 4, Funny
      ...a properly redundant RAID array of inexpensive disks...

      You mean "a properly redundant redundant array of inexpensive disks array of inexpensive disks"? Judging by your post here, you're well on your way to insanely redundant levels of insane redundancy....

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  3. Screw the Nano. by mopslik · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've always wanted an iPod Kilo.

    1. Re:Screw the Nano. by Infinityis · · Score: 5, Funny

      Apple Headquarters Raided

      Cupertino, CA (AP)

      In response to recent news of the latest iPod developments, federal agents raided Apple Headquarters as part of an international drug bust. During the raid, 10,000 iPod Kilos were recovered. The contents of these white blocks have proven highly addictive, especially to teenagers and college students. What most students fail to realize is the dangers involved in being a regular 'user'.

      "Many of these kids turn the volume way too lound and actually damage their ears" one federal agent said, on condition of anonymity. "It's horrifying what this company tries to push off as 'harmless fun'".

      During the bust, executive ringleader Steve Jobs was arrested. It is believed that he abused his power in trying to control other markets.

      An RIAA spokesperson was available for comment: "It's great that they caught this guy--he was trying to regulate prices on our goods. Not only was he selling highly addictive material, but he used his influence to try to brainwash his followers into believing that it's OK to pay only $0.99 per song. Now that he's gone, we can start charging fair market value for songs."

      For concerned parents, please be aware of the following signs that your child may be using iPod Kilos:
      --a thin white line going up to each ear
      --difficulty hearing quiet noises
      --an unsightly bulge in your child's pant pockets
      --during normal conversation, your child prefixes normal words with the letter "i" as in "eating iDinner", "going on an iDate", and "driving an iCar"
      --using jargon associated with iPod Kilos, such as podcasting, iTunes, or Apple

  4. illegal warez? by dmf415 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Note that the 200gb capacity enables you to store about 50 000 pieces of music. If this capacity is filled with illegal "warez" mp3s, you can be fined up to 75 000 000 USD. (204 800 megabytes, 4 megabytes per song, 10 songs per CD, average CD price 15 USD).

    Who else besides the author has 75 million handy?

    1. Re:illegal warez? by gunpowda · · Score: 5, Insightful
      The whole point of excessive storage in a device is comfort. People like to have way more than they'll ever use just for the sake of it - Gmail is a particularly good example.

      Don't forget that iPods don't just have to store music - I'm sure as capacities increase we'll move towards higher quality, even lossless music files as a standard.

    2. Re:illegal warez? by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Only if you're recording from an analog source. There's a good deal of music these days that is produced entirely from digital sources.

    3. Re:illegal warez? by RatBastard · · Score: 4, Insightful

      And what about using it as a USB drive? Or they want to use Apple Lossless format?

      And why does everyone assume that if you have more than X gigabytes of music you must have stolen it all? I have 17GB in my iTunes library out of 21GB of potential (if I hadn't deleted the songs I didn't like) music. Where did this all come from? 95% from CDs I own that are sitting in my living room (minus the odd CD that only had one song I liked on it and sold to the used CD store). Of the rest most have come from either iTunes Music Store, EMusic.Com and a few from artists websites. How the hell could I have done this? Easy. I've been buying CDs since 1987.

      I find the knee-jerk assumption that large storage automatically means theft offensive. Take your "you must be a thief to want this" attitude and ram it up your ass.

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  5. Sophia has inspired us all by Ingolfke · · Score: 4, Funny

    "There's nothing like adding an extra 196 gigs to my iPod Nano so I can listen to all my favorite British Invasion bands." -- Oscar Wilde.

    It's good to see that more and more people are realizing that the Uncyclopedia is the true source for knowledge.

  6. Like the Black Widow by merkhet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Much like the black widow, after the battery life of the Nano completely drains, the Maxtor Diamond will attempt to eat the iPod Nano for sustenance

  7. /.ed: Oh My God, They Killed Uncyclopedia! by ettlz · · Score: 4, Funny

    You bastards!

  8. Macroscopic by brokenarmsgordon · · Score: 5, Funny

    An iPod Macro, just what I've also been holding out for!

  9. Coral cache by bcat24 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Try this link.

  10. see also... by FuriousBalancing · · Score: 5, Funny

    12 minute battery hack for iPod Nano!

  11. Next hack for Nano by Ingolfke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone know of a hack to get thet battery life on the 200Gb Nano up from 6-minutes? I'm thinking maybe a car battery could be used for power. Any thoughts?

  12. Raid by zerobeat · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I'm going to wait for a Raid hack...

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  13. More than I'll ever use? by Demon-Xanth · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My gmail account has some 827MB worth of crap on it. I'm filling it at pretty close to the growing rate.

    Remember that 1GB HD that you'd never fill up?
    The 32MB of RAM that was workstation levels?
    The fast 14.4k modem?

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  14. I think Uncyclopedia needs this upgrade by saskboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    It seems Uncyclopedia forgot to upgrade their server with a 200 Trilobyte WAN connection. You'd think they'd put their own good advice to use and avoid the Slashdot effect?

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  15. sure by myukew · · Score: 3, Funny

    Photoshopped from ArsTechnica. Remove if sued.

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  16. Coral cache by rock217 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Coral Cache

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  17. Re:a little late? by djward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oooh, a whole WEEK ago! You MUST be cool reading ALL these sites EVERY minute, just WAITING for that FRESH scrap of news!

    There is an Outside. BELIEVE in the Outside.

  18. Other iPod Hacks by wehe · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are many other hacks for the Apple iPod family available already. From the first generation iPods as well as for the iPod Shuffle and iPod mini. You may also find links to hacks for accessories like cables and headphones and batteries.

  19. Uncyclopedia vs. Wikipedia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Back in the spring, I saw a "Coming Soon" announcement for Uncyclopedia which said It's like Wikipedia, only you can make shit up!

  20. It's all fun and games until someone gets /.'ed by AngryNick · · Score: 4, Funny
    Ok, everyone stop clicking on the link for the next 2 minutes. I've got work to do and you guys are all hogging the server. I'll let you know when I'm done.

    Feel free to visit this link while you wait for me (I'm a slow reader).

  21. all recording is lossy by gad_zuki! · · Score: 5, Interesting

    >Would this be a bad time to mention that all digital audio is by definition lossey?

    Wait. What makes "digital" lossy but non-digital non-lossy?

    Pick any analog method of recording and duplication. Its lossy. Now toss in playback equipment, speakers, ears, etc.

    I don't see how your neo-luddite comment applies nor why it should be modded up.

    Arguably, digital methods are non-lossy over time considering current analog recordings (tapes, LPs) over time simply disintegrate causing all sorts of loss, while digital data can be reproduced without loss over generations and onto different digital media thus avoiding the aging problem. Copy that Office 2000 CD all you like, after the 8th generation you arent suddenly going to lose spell checker. Same with digital audio. Now copy that audio tape 8 times and tell me its not lossy.

  22. Shannon Sampling Theorem by DrJimbo · · Score: 4, Informative
    Your argument is compelling, intuitive and dead wrong.

    The Shannon Sampling Theorem states:

    When sampling a signal (e.g., converting from an analog signal to digital), the sampling frequency must be greater than twice the bandwidth of the input signal in order to be able to reconstruct the original perfectly from the sampled version.
    To put it into term that you can understand, if your ear cannot detect frequencies higher than 22.05 kilohertz then a sampling rate of 44.1 samples per second can perfectly reproduce any sound you can hear.

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  23. it's a JOKE... by gotr00t · · Score: 3, Insightful
    The article is obviously satire about how some people simply don't understand the point of having an iPod. It's _NOT_ about the storage space, it's _NOT_ about the features. It's a convinent way to carry music around.

    I see it as a slap in the face for those people who say things like "the iPod should have an CF expansion slot!" or "it should have video!!!111!one"(actually it does now), because that's not the selling point of the iPod.