iLounge dissects 2G iPod nano, posts gory details

Kai: Looks like it attaches to the assembly in picture 24 (audio jack & click wheel).

What empty socket is that in picture 16?

When Apple releases a new product, the engineers open up what's called a "capture" or "EEFA" as it's known internally. This capture is for ANY hardware failure. So you could buy a brand new something something, smash it with a rock, and take to back to the genius bar to have it swapped out under the capture procedure. I would not recommend this unless you have an "in" at your local genius bar (most genius don't know how to process it). If you came to me, I would swap it. But fact is, most geniuses are jerks and virgins.

Photo #33 says it's the 2GB version...

I'd hope they wouldn't spend that much extra money massacring a 4GB (look at all those scratches on the aluminum and the plastic endcaps are probably worthless now) -- doing it to a 2GB is bad enough!

Sorry, my mistake. I assumed Apple treated the silver 2GB the same way they treated the black 8GB. It would be a whole lot less confusing that way. I stand corrected.

"If it's a silver one, it's a 2GB. The silvers only come in that size."

Wrong. The silver one is available in 2GB or 4GB configuarations.

Scott:

The nano also comes in a 4 GB flavor and silver. So you're wrong.

If it's a silver one, it's a 2GB. The silvers only come in that size.

They're, not the first and certainly won't be the last. I'm sure Tom's Hardware will have a poke around sooner rather than later...

While seeing the innards of one's iPod is a bad thing, it's not always that bad. I once dropped my very durable 20 gb iPod with the click wheel. It fell open, exposing its guts to the world. I thought it was doomed, but upon reassembling it, I found it still worked!!

What a good ol' iPod. Time to upgrade to an black 80 gb, though.