Slow news week: cases and skins for my 5G

Nothing much is happening this week. Just stories about iTMS being the seventh largest retailer, and BenQ withdrew from the digital music player market in Taiwan, due to 'stiff competition.' They said they will focus on MP3 playing mobile phones. Then the news stopped coming because it's Thanksgiving in the U.S. and all they have to say is: it's Black Friday Sale! Jeez. Oh, yeah. There are a lot of new about software this and software that. I wish there's a site that just has news.

Since nothing much is happening this week, I just googled for stuff like the Crystal Jacket from Power Support (or Pawasapo). I'm hoping that they'll have one for the 5G soon. I'm looking for a case for my 5G and what I'm looking for is something that will offer the maximum amount of protection without adding bulk and weight, and something that could disply my iPod's good looks. I stayed away from fabrics, silicones, leather, and metal. So it's just about the plastics.

I used iPod Garage's The Big Fifty: hands-on reviews of fifty iPod nano accessories you should know about. Though next week, it might be called "The Big Sixty: hands-on reviews of sixty iPod nano accessories you should know about." The list keeps growing. This is all about iPod nano accessories but iPod Garage said they will do a 5G accessories review as soon as they start appearing.

The iPod nano accessories are a preview of what might available for the fifth-generation iPod. Like the See-Thru from Speck Products, iSee from Contour Design, and Shield 4 Nano from Agent 18. The iPod Garage's "The Big Fifty" is a good source for reviews on these plastic cases and more.

I'm also considering getting one of those film protectors doesn't really add much weight or bulk, but they don't have the same protection as the plastic cases offer. One is from Power Support again, the 5G Film Set and the Crystal Shield (or Skin) from iStyles.

But the one that I'm really interested in is InvisibleShield. They have videos of the InvisibleSHIELD resisting being punctured with a ballpoint pen, from being torn by stretching, and from being scratched by a key. Very impressive. I found this mentioned in Macworld.

As I was looking for these stuff, I stumbled upon iPoditude, another website that reviews accessories for the iPod. (I wonder when they will receive a notice from Apple about the name of their website?).

Not iPod related but I thought would be kind of fun is InterfaceLIFT. The site has free icons you can use to change the default icons you have on your Mac.