In the past 24 hours or so, there’s been an insane amount of coverage about the firmware hack that was developed to essentially give the iPod Video the same UI features as the [new] iPod Classic (if you have been slightly confused about which iPod is which, this list from Apple will help you figure it out — maybe).
If you want to install it, you can download the files from Driven Design.
The only thing is…why would you want to? The UI for the new iPod Classic is fugly. Having the album art show up on half the screen while the other half shows the menu is just not cool. Plus, what if you don’t have all the album art? And the fact that when you aren’t playing a song, the album covers show up in a random slideshow is just terrible. Just absolutely ugly and terrible. Oh yeah, and album art greatly reduces your iPod speed, so that sucks.
The only useful thing I see with the new UI is the search feature. But if you already have the iPod Video, you’re probably going to find the same song just as quickly with the alphabet letter-jumping feature (you have to scroll fast).
iPod Classic UI demo
So yeah, you could upgrade your firmware to something unofficial and unsupported by Apple. Or you could just be glad you don’t own an iPod Classic.
Loks like some dimwit is extremely jealous of the new iPod Classic. Quit the whining because you dodn’t get it for christmas and go back to the zune-rat-hole you might consider.
I agree with SILVER
This is amazing cuz classic firmware is the best of any iPod to date. I had both the video and the classic but I say the Classic firmware is way easier to navigate. XD
Wow what a retard!
every single one of your facts are wrong.
The firmware wasn’t developed to give it the same features it was developed to give users who like the classic feel the same look.
Secondly the search feature isn’t an update from the classic hack its built in to 5.5G ipods on a non edited firmware by default.
thirdly their are MANY other options other then this this was (again) Developed for the people who WANT the classic feel.
and finally it not “unofficial/unsupported” its a edited version of apple’s OFFICIAL 1.2.1 firmware
maybe you should get your facts strait before posting crap.
Thanks! I will make sure my facts are strait next time before I post this crap! Thanks!
Your stupid. And yeah, this is old news now, and there are way better things, and even better things coming up.
Yes, definitely lots of better things now. Excited for the new news!
you fail as a blogger. it is painfully clear from your post that you never even installed this on your ipod, yet you criticize anyway. this post should have been about a hack that represents a breakthrough in ipod hacking. yet instead, you chose to make it a way to rant about how much you dont like ipod classic’s UI. maybe you just really dont like the ipod classic and maybe you just though a post against a liked thing would make it more interesting. either way, you missed the point.
doobybrain…you should’ve known that when you wrote this entry nearly a year ago you were going to hurt ifanboys’ feelings in the FUTURE! you should have known better than to stir up their delicate emotions! didn’t you know that right after reading this entry they turned to their apple products and petted them saying, “it’s ok it’s ok…doobybrain didn’t mean what he said.”
I own both versions, (the old iPod Classic and the new iPod Classic), and when I got the new one, I almost THREW IT AWAY!
The interface lags, and is such a pain compared to my simplistic, older ipod.
I returned my new one.