iPod Secrets

Wow! I did not realize how amazing iPod can get until I read this few secrets revelead about it from Stuff Magazine (Singapore edition). It gave me a few seconds though of regrets that I should have gotten instead 80gb, but on the second thought, I can still get to enjoy it with less capacity.

I hope I can share full details here but maybe visiting the links will do. :)

1. Get YouTube on your iPod. There is a free iTube software that you just need to give the web address for the YouTube video you want and it converts it to mp4 files in the iTune library. Well, that is for PC users. For MAC, you can download TubeSock from Apple website who does much the same.
2. Use your iPod as a four-track. Enjoy Belkin TuneStudio, a four-track deck that allows you to record music straight to your iPod. It comes with a mic, instrument and phono stereo inputs, equalizer controls and also receives or outputs audio over USB to PC or MAC. www.belkin.com
3. Find missing artwork. Sometimes I get fussy not seeing the artwork from my iPod (and I wish I could just replace it with my pics!) but thanks to Clutter from Sprote website. And you know what it does? it rifles through all those gaps in your music library and grabs the covers from Amazon. Once the artwork is located, you can drag it into your desktop and double-click on album cover to play it. Well, I hope it works the same if you have mp3 downloaded from p2ps.
4. Make your own iPhone. I love this one! It's like they fuse your iPod and phone and shakes hand very well to know which one does which task. Thanks to Gear4BluEye gadget. It feeds call details to your iPod screen so you can check the number before you answer (well we don't deserve to have our iPod with caller id yet!) and cuts out the music when you do. You can also make calls from iPod and can also make an FM radio.
5. Sound Check. You can try iVolume from Mani website to reset the volume of each song track and make it much for effectively pleasing. For now it's only available for Mac, and it's not free.
6. Turn your iPod into a karaoke. Pinoys will love this news! This keeps me drooling. Imagine, I can sing the tongue-twister raps of Craig David and uplifting music of Rascal Flatts! It's called Griffin iKaraoke from Firebox, and it comes with a microphone and processor that plugs into your iPod and filters out the vocals on songs so you can take the lead. It also has a line-out and FM transmitter for plugging into stereo or tuning in with a radio. The best part is, it's quite cheap. It's only S$89.
7. Make a wi-fi iPod hi-fi. This is ambitious. From creative, Creative Xdock Wireless lets you share your songs anywhere in your house. The music gets streamed wirelessly to every set of speakers. Pretty cool huh. And to add more chill, you can keep your guests wonder how you control your house sounds because you can hide the Xdock somewhere and be the master controller.
8. Nike + iPod. Monitor your workout measures while running with your favorite songs is a killer. Get the Nike receiver plugin and you can choose your workout from a menu, based on a distance, time or calories. You can also download the results with the online community at nikeplus.com so you can get to compare how you are doing with the rest of dieters around the globe. Well, I'm still contented with that stationary bicycle from the gym with the same options.
9. Get hi-def from your iPod. Watch your favorite movie from your iPod in big screen with ViewSonic PJ258. This is a crazy projector where you can dock your iPod that video up your flicks on a wall.

Wish I could get all these. Who knows. And the iPhone too. Yipee!