Bring back transparent shells, I want to see that sexy technology god damn it!
iPod with custom shell, new screen, 512gb SSD, and a 30 day battery
Submitted 7 months ago by aCosmicWave@lemm.ee to imadethis@lemm.ee
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dumbass@lemy.lol 7 months ago
UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Check out the company Nothing. They make products like the Nothing Phone with transparent designs
SeekPie@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Fairphone 5 also has a translucent back option.
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I’m curious about the 30 day battery
ramble81@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Could just be the regular battery not having to supply power to an energy sucking spinning disk.
kautau@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Probably the same original form factor but a new lithium ion
evidences@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think the SSD uses more power than the original hard drives do. I bought an adapter for the iPod classic to put an SD card in it and there was a few articles about power draw being higher for ssds. I might be misremembering the comparison though, it’s been a couple years.
aCosmicWave@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I used a modern 3000mA battery which provides about 60 hours of music playback. That’s about 2 hours per day which is much more than I use!
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 7 months ago
60 hours is two and a half days.
Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
How much is that in watt-hours?
Cort@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They sell 3000mah replacement batteries vs the original 850mah. I think some solid state drives can save power, but others can use more.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
That’s as long as some fiancés.
MKULTRADiamond@bae.st 7 months ago
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Patches@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Now do my boy, Zune ❤️
Drewelite@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
Man, the Zune was the best MP3 player experience in its day…
teamevil@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yo…I still have two HDs that work… they’re amazing
SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 7 months ago
Dude that thing is sick. I use my phone for music, and it’s okay except for the dozen spam calls I get every day interrupting it. And there’s no setting for that, of course.
KidnappedByKitties@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Many phones have “Do not disturb”-mode, or even airplane mode.
You can also go into the settings and disconnect from your mobile provider if you really want peace and quiet.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Android actually automatically rejects spam calls if you tell it to. They’ve had it for over half a decade now.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
I think they mean no setting to continue playing music. Most people want to leave the phone active, no matter how annoying, in case they get something important.
Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Check out pre-android Sony Walkmans - they are the absolute shiznit.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
With that playlist feature that’s never been ported? Somebody posted about it here. Lets you choose a vibe from your local music, offline. Goes by BPM and something.
JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
For real I wish there was a way to get my phone to play only music through headphones or speaker. Any time I get a notification I want it only through my phone’s speaker and not what I’m listening to music to.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Are you preparing for a zombie apocalypse?
Anyway, this is the coolest shit I have ever seen today, and maybe the best one here on Lemmy!
aCosmicWave@lemm.ee 7 months ago
If I was I’d be playing the theme song from 28 Days Later in the picture ☺️
TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Yeah but is it still locked to iTunes? Cause fuck that noise if it is.
Otherwise… I’ll take 3
teamevil@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It’s a quick Google search for an alternative software that is pretty user-friendly and independent of Apple.
Also I suggest replacing the Hard drive with a card that lets you put in SD cards.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Back in the day, I used to rock iPod Linux. Looks like it’s still about www.ipodlinux.org
There was also rockbox that let you play flac on iPod. www.rockbox.org
Or less exteme, I’m sure that foobar2000 had plugins for managing your iPod.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I ‘member putting a movie on a tiny little Nano. And Doom.
Girlsnerds loved it. Simpler times.JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Rockbox is the GOAT
exocortex@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
it let’s you use the iPod like a USB drive where you can play anything that you put on there. it can also play ogg vorbis or vorbis or a lot of at her formats.
Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
I got my 2 Gen Nano in 2008 and ditched iTunes after day one, EphPod worked just fine.
jcs@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If you like this aesthetic, perhaps check out the Tangara on Crowd Supply. www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara
It’s fully open-source, too, so anyone can contribute to making improvements and a company can never discontinue it.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
It’s fully open-source, too, so anyone can contribute to making improvements and a company can never discontinue it.
Tell that to Yuzu.
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 7 months ago
Shoulda used clear purple for that real nostalga hit.
But awesome work
Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Always cool to see ‘retro’ tech brought back, especially with major overhauls. Kinda wish Apple still did dedicated ‘dumb’ MP3 players, if I’m being honest.
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Bet you could manage with a microcontroller and some parts. Use a bare chip, solder it all fancy (might take a few tries, use something cheap, order in bulk), print the case, etc. Bet there’s even a guide out there somewhere.
LolcatXTREME@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah it’s nice to have the built in OS support though
oatscoop@midwest.social 7 months ago
I’ve seen a few open hardware projects for “dumb” MP3 players over the years. I found this article on the Tangara project and am tempted to build one.
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Do you have a guide or a part list or anything? I still have my iPod I bought new in 2006 but it hasn’t seen use in many years for a slew of issues, the main one being the headphone jack itself failing, but I’d love to refresh it like this.
KvasiroftheWoods@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Look at then_three_more’s post in this thread
CoriolisSTORM88@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ditto. My 5.5g ipod video looks like he’ll, but I’d like to bring it back to life.
shalafi@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s dope!
Rascabin@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
I still got Planet of the apes on mine. They wanted people to know it can run mp4’s on that little screen.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
Well that’s awesome and I think I’ve found a new favorite sub.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Cool.
Love personal playlists. I use an old phone with SD card to use Bluetooth into my home theater system.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Dude thats so cool! Thanks for sharing!
evlogii@lemm.ee 7 months ago
What’s that little black thing that kinda looks like a tiny antenna in the top right corner, right next to the battery indicator/percentage?
goatmeal@midwest.social 7 months ago
Let me tell you son. Back in the day, headphones used to have a wire
evlogii@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I thought it was copper. 🤔
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I thought it was an bt transmitter before I saw the cable in the bottom of the shot. A lot smaller then the fm transmitter I have.
EndHD@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I know the angle is a bit weird, but that is a wired headphone/earbud cable. The cable just has a 90 degree bend at the end.
dog_@lemmy.world 7 months ago
💀
recursive_recursion@programming.dev 7 months ago
damn!
if you don’t mind me asking:
how did you create the transparent casing? It looks really great and I’m not sure if it was 3D printed or some other wayaCosmicWave@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Does it still count as “imadeit” if I made it using a hodge podge of other people’s parts? Haha, I ordered the custom shell from eBay ☺️ but it feels very high quality (not 3D printed)
TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 7 months ago
As a 3d printer enthusiast, I object to you implying that 3d printed parts aren’t high quality, while acknowledging that you’re very correct.
JCreazy@midwest.social 7 months ago
I would like to buy an ipod and mod it but it would cost too much.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Doea it play FLAC?
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
recursive_recursion@programming.dev 7 months ago
or Opus
WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Just Doom and Crysis.
Bezier@suppo.fi 7 months ago
With rockbox installed, yes. With stock, ALAC.
guyrocket@kbin.social 7 months ago
Is this a kit or custom? Did you 3d print that case?
evidences@lemmy.world 7 months ago
There’s a bunch of places selling replacement iPod shells, I think there’s probably just one factory that makes them but the iPod mod scene is actually pretty extensive all things considered.
oxomoxo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Veronica Explains just posted a whole video of how to do this.
youtu.be/8fP6bnsobJ4 (She hasn’t posted it to PeerTube yet…)
randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Can you put music on it without iTunes?
BallsandBayonets@lemmy.world 7 months ago
One day I will upgrade my Zune 2nd gen into a modern device, like this. I can only hope the software keeps working for syncing, at least until someone writes a custom OS for it.
TomAwsm@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I would pay a decent amount of money for this.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Okay I’m jealous.
I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Would the Rockbox firmware be an improvement?
FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Jesus, I almost cried when I saw this
BennyHill@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Pro tip: you can replace the clicker with an iPhone taptic engine, I forgot which one you should use but a quick Google should tell you.
xnx@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
How did you get an SSD on it? 30 day battery is really impressive
Mango@lemmy.world 7 months ago
How much to make one for me?
HopingForBetter@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Is that a headphone jack!?
I like headphone jacks.
RandomUsernameHorseCar@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
This needs an interrobang‽
grue@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You can tell whether I’m posting from my phone or my desktop by whether I use a
‽or a?!.(This one was from my desktop despite the interrobang, but that’s because I could easily copy-paste yours.)
Kcg@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
I’m here with a usb c to 1/8" jack like a moron! The EU pushed replaceable batteries, maybe we need a headphone jack bill haha.
RatBin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Paradoxically, all cheap devices come with one, and even with an FM radio, so cheap devices actually have more stuff than high end smartphone. Also please give me an FM radio FFS, it is one of the most usueful services during emergencies and other situation, also I like listening radio thanks
HopingForBetter@lemmy.today 7 months ago
I LOVE the idea. I’m slowly mutating into a wired earbud audiophile (not sure what they call themselves), and the sound is just so much cleaner; plus there’s nothing to charge.
4 hours of music on these ones!
Mine just plug in.
BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 7 months ago
i bought a “new” phone just because i was sick of using the shitty ass headphone jack adapters
so now i have 1 phone for music and the other for games 😂