Belkin Kickstand Case for the iPod 5G

by Fabienne Serriere (Nov 22nd 2005 8:00PM)

I was perusing PopGadget today when I came upon a new Belkin case option to hold up your video ready iPod 5G. The Belkin Kickstand Case comes in black or white leather and includes a handy flip out section. Now you can enjoy that small screen hands-f...

Tunewallet for 5G iPod

by Dave Caolo (Oct 31st 2005 10:00AM)

Hot on the heels of the Tunewallet for the iPod nano, Tunewear has announced the Tunewallet for the 5G iPod. Put your iPod on one side, and business cards and the like on the other. I think it looks kind of bulky, and there's no way I'm putting my ID...

Video review of iPod games

by Dave Caolo (Sep 13th 2006 3:30PM)

I'm quite interested in the new games that are available for the iPod (and kicking myself for selling my 5G iPod a couple of months ago).We wrote up our own "first impressions" post earlier, and now there's a video mini-review available at Netsca...

Newegg selling "recertified" iPods

by Erica Sadun (Jan 26th 2007 11:00AM)

When did Newegg start selling "recertified" iPods? At decent (but not great) prices, too. 30GB 5G iPod videos (both black and white models) are just two hundred bucks. At the Apple Store, to contrast, certified refurbished 30GB 5G iPod videos sell f...

Apple to iPod nano service providers: Fix cracked screens

by Fabienne Serriere (Feb 6th 2006 11:30AM)

Apple has stepped up to the plate regarding cracked screens on iPod nano's. Here at TUAW Jan reported on the screen cracking issues back in September of last year. If you have a 5G iPod and not a nano, hardware failure such as cracked screens should ...

How To: make your own iPod Halloween costumes

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Oct 18th 2006 6:00PM)

Is $40 is a little steep for your iPod to be fashionable this Halloween? Yeah, probably. When I grew up moms or grandmas made all the costumes (except for those creepy William Shatner masks). So why not craft yerself a little iPod costume? Let's face...

iPod Game FAQ

by Erica Sadun (Mar 1st 2007 3:30PM)

Apple recently posted an iPod Game FAQ to answer all your frequently asked (and not so frequently asked) questions about the iPod and its games. As you probably already knew, you need a 5G iPod or later to take advantage of the $4.99 games. You cann...

Auto-convert Movies for iPod Video without Quicktime Pro

by Fabienne Serriere (Oct 28th 2005 8:00AM)

This nifty script autoconverts the frontmost movie open in Quicktime to a format playable on your shiny new iPod 5G. The advantage of this system is that it only requires iTunes 6 and the free version of Quicktime. Simply grab the Applescript, run, a...

The U2 iPod makes a 5th generation encore

by Conrad Quilty-Harper (Jun 6th 2006 9:55AM)

Apple has re-released the U2 iPod in the form of a red and black 5G iPod with video. The new U2 iPod features one design element to differentiate it from the normal 5G iPod and the previous U2 iPod: "an all-black stainless steel enclosure" or (as a s...

Oprah chooses iPod 5G for her Favorite Things

by Fabienne Serriere (Nov 23rd 2005 8:00AM)

Oprah has added the iPod 5G to her list of Favorite Things for this holiday season. This doesn't come as a huge surprise since various iPods have been featured on previous Oprah Favorite Things lists.I agree with Ms. O that the iPod 5G is a great gif...

Wooden iPod cases

by Erica Sadun (Mar 16th 2007 5:00PM)

Website CoolAsFunk tracked down these fabulous wooden iPod cases from Japanese wooden-toy manufacturer Asuka Koubou[1] via distributer Rakuten. Your 5G or nano iPod slips into the case, leaving access to the docking port, scroll wheel and screen. It'...

Scripting video conversion for the iPod 5G with VLC

by Fabienne Serriere (Nov 3rd 2005 4:30PM)

Chalk this one up as YAVCT (yet another video conversion tool) for the iPod 5G: scripted VideoLan Client. Phil Windley wrote a script for batch converting Tivo files, but the script is general enough to work for any MPEG 2 type source files. After yo...

iPods spotted at Sam's Club

by David Chartier (May 1st 2006 6:00PM)

I don't know how long this has been going on, but Sam's Club apparently carries the iPod. I spotted it at my neighborhood Club this weekend at the lowest price I've seen so far: $289.98 for a 5G 30 GB black model. Maybe they didn't want to let Cosco ...

iPod mini to see 25% storage increase in 2005

by Barb Dybwad (Dec 4th 2004 2:48PM)

Apple Insider reports the iPod mini is slated for a revision that will increase its capacity by 25%, up from 1000 to 1250 song capacity. The new mini will reportedly be based around a 5G hard drive, as with competitors Dell Pocket DJ and Rio Ca...

Video-up your non-video-capable iPods

by C.K. Sample, III (Jan 3rd 2006 3:30PM)

There's a new iPod-enhancing gadget on the block to help bring your non-video iPods up to speed with the 5G video-capable iPods that people like me have been waiving around, taunting you with while calling you nasty names like "peasant" and "Non-vid...