Do-It-Yourself iPod Projects: 24 cool things you didn’t know you could do!
Reviewed by Robert Pritchett
Author: Guy Hart-Davis http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2159 McGraw-Hill http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0072264705 Released: November 16, 2006 Pages: 256 $25 USD, $30 CND, £15 GBP, €20 Euro ISBN-10: 0072264705 ISBN-13: 978-0072264708 Requirements: An iPod. Audience: Anybody who uses an iPod and is into tweaking. Strengths: 24 really good projects in easy, challenging and advanced sections of the book.
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What They Say
Amp up the power of your iPod. Get more out of your iPod than ever before with the fun and exciting projects packed inside this easy-to-follow guide. Produced in conjunction with CNET.com, the place you go for the latest in tech and consumer electronics, this book shows you how to do all kinds of cool things with your iPod, like use your iPod as a voice recorder, read your email on your iPod, install a different operating system, enhance audio quality, and more.
Inside this book, you'll find 24 self-contained projects, step-by-step instructions, a list of tools needed at the beginning of each project, and hundreds of clear photos and screenshots. With CNET Do-It-Yourself iPod Projects, you'll discover that your iPod has much more to offer than you ever imagined.
Table of contents
Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction
Part I: Easy
Project 1: Play Back iPod Videos on Your TV or Your Friend's Computer
Project 2: Turn Your iPod into Your Home Hi-Fi
Project 3: Use Your iPod as an Audio Recorder
Project 4: Use Your iPod as an E-book Reader
Project 5: Read Your E-mail on Your iPod
Project 6: Clean Up Your Songs, Tags, and Album Art
Project 7: Put Your Home Videos and DVDs on Your iPod
Project 8: Use Your iPod as Your Car's Stereo Source
Project 9: Put Your Vinyl Records on Your iPod and iTunes
Part II: Challenging
Project 10: Become an iTunes Expert
Project 11: Load Your iPod from Multiple Computers (PCs, Macs, or Both)
Project 12: Play Your Music Across the Internet from a Remote Computer
Project 13: Use Your iPod as a Portable External Disk
Project 14: Make Your iPod an Invaluable Companion for Your Digital Camera
Project 15: Back Up Your Music Library or Recover It from Your iPod
Project 16: DJ Using Your iPods or Your Computer -- or Both
Part III: Advanced
Project 17: Troubleshoot Your iPod and Diagnose Its Problems
Project 18: Replace the Battery in an Original iPod Shuffle
Project 19: Replace the Battery in an Original iPod nano
Project 20: Replace the Battery in an iPod with video
Project 21: Share Your Songs with Your Household via iTunes or a Server
Project 22: Boot Your Mac from Your iPod
Project 23: Install iPodLinux on Your iPod and Record Full-Quality Audio
Project 24: Install Rockbox on Your iPod for Even Better Audio Playback INDEX
What I Say
This is the first book of the “Do-I-Yourself” Series with Mac, Laptop, Camera and Music Phone, and Windows Vista Projects released later.
Start here – http://diyipod.cnet.com To get the “Inside Secrets” videos to show up, I had to refresh the browser. And yes, the videos are useful and are not included in the book.
You can save yourself the price of the book and then some by learning how to replace your own batteries in Projects 18 through 20, but I ‘spose the trick is in getting a hold of those replacement batteries first…
Like the Do-It-Yourself Mac Projects book, each project stats with a list of items needs and possible costs involved. And yes, the book does have an Index.
I enjoyed Project 22 on booting my Mac from an iPod and thought this is perfect for DasBoot from SubRosa Software.
I also though the last project on installing RockBox was interesting because I had never heard of it before. http://www.rockbox.org
I guess I’m wondering if it is so good, why Apple hasn’t used this Open Source app internally yet?
Anyway, if you are into amping up your iPod, why not start here?
