Rip that iPod shuffle apart… carefully.

So you just know the iPod shuffle will be the next casuality in the non-replaceable battery saga, right? Hackaday editor Jason Striegel heads this off at the pass by showing you in technicolor detail how to "non-violently" disassemble your shuffle to prepare you for that inevitable need to jettison the no-longer functional lithium ion. Or, take the guts of your shuffle, sew it into your favorite article of clothing and give that Burton snowboarding jacket a run for its money, fashionista.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

the flash chip used is a samsung k9k4g08uom??

So it's the same stuff of my Samsung Napster YH-920GS player.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Seriously... apple needs to get off there asses and make a BETTER battery for the whole ipod range