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Step 1
Buy the latest, greatest iPod model you can. As each new iPod version comes onto the market with its trendy, enviable features, having the best means trading up if you can afford it. Just as iPod Nano users traded up to Video models, and Video owners drooled over the iPod Touch, there'll always be a new "best" iPod out there.
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Step 2
Make the best of what you have. Add some iPod applications that make your simple iPod music player into a handheld killer app. Start with Encyclopodia, which puts the free, user contributed encyclopedia, Wikipedia, onto your iPod. Then, load Linux onto your iPod with iPod Linux so you can free yourself from Apple's stock operating system and interface.
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Step 3
Amp up your firmware with an iapplication called RockBox, an alternative firmware for the device. RockBox supports almost every iPod model and allows you to technically customize your iPod in order to make it the best iPod for miles. After installing RockBox you can integrate LastFM.com, throw the game Doom onto the player and use album art in a way you'd never imagined.
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Step 4
Skin your iPod with the ultra-trendy Skinizi iPod Skinz which, even if they usually hide under your iPod case, will make a huge impression on other, lesser iPod owners. The skins show high level illustrations that are designed to perfectly fit your iPod. If you're creative, submit your own design to the company and they'll consider it for production.
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Step 5
Strap on an iPod case from iFrogz, which uses a polished, hard silicone case that is slim and protective. Your iPod case from IFrogz comes in different sizes for each iPod model and is available in literally dozens of colors. Best of all, the iPod case is inexpensive, leaving you change to buy some more songs.
