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Hacker Replaces iPod HDD With Flash Memory
Via a Wired Blog, an anonymous reader wrote with a link to a post on the Geek Technique website. There, post author Mark Hoekstra details how to replace an iPod's HDD with flash memory. It's not an inexpensive procedure, as 16 Gigs of flash memory is still a mite expensive, and the post is not a 'how-to'. Just the same, the project took painstaking work and is well worth recognizing. "I guess I can say I found ways of eliminating almost every hard drive out of almost every hard drive based iPod thereby eliminating all moving parts. The only one left is the iPod video which would only need a slightly different adapter. But next to that I've got a gut feeling that one's being upgraded to flash memory by Apple themselves any time soon."
The highest capacity iPod made by Apple is the 8gb nano. This guy has twice that amount.
Not just battery life and skip protection, but reliability. No moving parts means less damage due to jarring motions.
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Here is a dual. Nice advantage is that you can do 4-8G for the system, and then a 4,8, or 16G for the data. I will probably do this later to one of my laptops.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
I stand corrected. It doesn't play videos. WTF was the point? :P
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
From the article, the 1.8 inch drive is not pin for pin compatible with ATA/CF. Pinouts for both are listed in the forum.
This makes not exactly hard into not exactly easy.
The truth shall set you free!
I hope everyone realizes that's UNcylopedia, and everything is photoshopped ;) Although this kind of hack would definately be technically possible, but a little more effort would be needed than what's shown.
Hacking the iPod and modding other portable media players seems to be an interesting hobby for computer nomads. The Repair4Player project lists all kinds of repair, upgrade and hacking guides for portable players.
the standard bat. life was measured at 8:00+ (more than 8 hours) and the modified nano's life was 0:06 (6 minutes)
They already exist! $25 for one that supports one flash card, and $30 for one that supports 2. :)
>These models have about 24 hr battery life Strange- I have a nano too... I am lucky to get 5 hours out of it. 24 hours? Impossible.
Good thing, too. I got one (as a gift; wouldn't have picked it out for myself) and while it was still an iPod and therefore totally decent, I couldn't get Apple support for it when it went wonky, and HP support was crap, like usual. I can't wait for this one to really die so I can justify going and getting myself a new one.