8gb flash-based iPod for $120

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1. Buy a "broken" iPod mini with a dead drive (sad face icon) on eBay. Going rate is around $45-50.

2. Buy an 8GB CF card for around $70. This size seems to be the sweet spot for flash pricing right now.

3. Follow the instructions.

4. Post about it on the CAG forums.
 
[quote name='VipFREAK']Meh... My 2gb 1g Nano was $50 and all it needed was a new front and back plate.[/quote]

I hate nanos. They are terrible. i would never pay 150 dollars for a 2gig, never mind 50. They are way to small, hold way too little music, and are easy as hell to break. I am thinking about trying this... but something is holding me back
 
[quote name='VipFREAK']Considering the Mini is the size of my 5G video ipod it wouldn't make sense for me to get a mini...[/QUOTE]

Well, not really. But I would certainly choose the iPod with video over a mini unless I was using it for jogging or something. But for the price, the mini could be pretty good.
 
[quote name='jmcc']This will drive up the prices of dead iPods, though.[/quote]

They've already been driven up. I found that instruction page on Digg, so...
 
This has actually been possible for a long time (I recall reading about someone replacing the microdrive in their mini back when they were the current model), but I think it's only recently that CF prices fell to a point where it was worth doing, since now you can up the capacity.
 
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