http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/ Engadget Comments for iPodWizard hacks iPod nano to use backgrounds http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/
Sorry we have such a poor screenshot for the hack, but for the first time this is actually legit!

Hope everyone enjoys it, we will have 5G support in a few days!

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We have yet to crack the 2nd generation nano's encryption; any of you great code breakers out there, drop us a line!

-jb]]>Feb 11th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Mac users get no love when it comes to the ipod...
hm...]]>Feb 11th 2007 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://digg.com/apple/iPod_Background_Finally_Possible

Digg it!

Better pictures to come!

-jb]]>Feb 11th 2007 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/

...Go ahead, lower my post ranking for not loving Apple. I'm used to it.]]>Feb 11th 2007 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/

There is another clearer preview.

]]>Feb 11th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/
-jb]]>Feb 11th 2007 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/They are no better, and in many ways worse, then Microsoft. At least MS's fanbase is willing to call BS on them. Apple's? Steve Jobs could break into your house, mug you, and you would call it a blessing. I hate fanbois, on either platform, you are the ones keeping Apple from innovating. And a small clue: Smaller iPods != innovation.]]>Feb 11th 2007 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/because ull very likely brick your nano attempting a downgrade, mite as well save ur money and buy a zen v or any other non-ipod player that can already do this.

...cue the ipod fanboys...
]]>Feb 11th 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/ iPod this is one of the two features they cite (the other being the crap song sharing). Honestly, who makes an mp3 player decision based on if they can put some crappy picture in the background to make the menus difficult to read?
]]>Feb 11th 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/
And here I was hoping that this could be the breakthrough that would allow RockBox on my 2nd gen. Nano.]]>Feb 11th 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/
I have a Sansa...and yes I have a wonderful background on it. WHO CARES THIS IS ABOUT THE IPOD LOL.

Its adding a feature that apple should have added long ago. Don't bash the player just cause you own a different one...instead be happy that the player to cause the portable audio revolution is finally getting a facelift by a generous crew of hackers. We love you :)]]>Feb 11th 2007 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/
(Unless English is your second or third language in which you're doing much better than most)]]>Feb 11th 2007 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 12th 2007 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 11th 2007 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/ The fact is boys, I don't care what team you generally wag your testicles for, the kids over at iPW have made and achievement. This is something that has been naught but a dream since the inception of the iPod, for more than a few people.
Kudos to you gents, kudos.
I do have a bit of bad news for the general public, though. Contrary to what this article stats, the "background" has not been modified. More truthfully, the "title bar" has been modified. In other words, on the "start" screen you have a nice background image, but once you go to a "now playing" screen you can see how the background is segmented. This is a very new hack and is riddled with bugs. Apple engineers won't be seeing this, saying "Damn it, Steve! Why won't you let us do this!".
On the other hand, this is a huge step. This is the furthest anyone's got at changing the background of an iPod...ever.
It may well be, that that's not a big deal to you. For other's it's huge.
Imagine.
You live in medieval times an are use to lounging on the ground or on bits of hay. Someone invents the couch.
Wow. It's amazing. It's wonderful. You don't know how you ever got by without. Then some smartass has the gall to say, "Yeah, it's great and all...but does it come in other colours?"
The inventor is flabbergasted. "Other colours!" What the hell is wrong with you. No one else gives a rat's bloated pancreas about the colour. What's your problem? Don't you realize we've designed this thing to be the best it can possible be?
People in your social circle hear of your dissent and suggest you go with a new competitor, "the divan", but it's just not the same. You LOVE the couch. You just wish it came in other colours. You try to dye the fabric, but it proves difficult. You begin to feel that the couch inventor has used treatments that actually make it impossible to make the couch a different colour just to be mean...
....
Okay. See where this is going?
Give credit where credit is due, and stop with "my gadget is better than yours" penis wagging. We're all geeks here and should get behind someone when they pull off a good hack.
Right. I'll shut up now. ('less y'all get foolish again)]]>Feb 11th 2007 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/11/ipodwizard-hacks-ipod-nano-to-use-backgrounds/Feb 12th 2007 5:12AM