I like to download the video versions of some podcasts in case there is some visual aspect in the show. Most of the time, I'm not watching the screen, only listening, so it would be nice to disable the backlight to save battery life. I keep it on the lowest brightness setting already, I wish it went down more (even to all the way off). Are there any hacks or ideas on how to disable the backlight during video playback? Thank you.

I use my Nano and iPad MUCH more than a regular TV, just for reference...What do you guys think, will I use the Apple TV, or is the Nano worth it?

I have them synced to the same single library on my MacBook Pro, with everything up to date. Recently (and just for fun), I looked at the number of songs on both iPods. My iPod Nano has 1,203 songs on it, but my iPod Touch has only 1,020. Again, they sync from the same library. I do have "sync only checked songs" selected on both (as my library is too big to fit). I have some free space on each (about 250-300 MB on each), so I see no reason as to why the song count would be different...

I just got a iPod nano 5th gen recently because my iPhone was becoming to inconvenient for the gym and I wanted something smaller. I use the Shure SE210 with the mic attachment for my iPhone and the sound is way better on those over the stock iPod headphones so I started off using those. My first day working out with the new iPod, my iPod kept doing weird stuff like skip to the next song or pause. I was instantly upset because it was becoming a bother after the 3rd or 4th time. Although it's... Read more →