Your iPod is probably getting old with that boring interface. Too bad you can't upgrade it with a Mac OS or Windows OS. Luckily though Rockbox has come onto the scene with a free open source upgrade for digital music players such as the iPod. I say iPod because the Apple iPod is such a huge seller that I am most likely to attract more visitors. Rockbox was made popular due in part to the fact that it supports FLAC, an open standard like MP3. It has much better quality and is therefore a joy to listen to. The iPod doesn't support FLAC. That's where Rockbox comes in. Download Rockbox and open your music player to a much better world. Since Rockbox is updated almost daily, the stability might not be the best but there are many other features that make it plenty attractive. There are hundreds of user submitted themes for your build (i.e. most updated software for your mp3) but since builds are updated constantly, some themes might not work well. If you do love a theme, you might need to tweak it a bit to make it work better. It can be some fun if you know what you're doing but HTML-defficient people like me it might not be as easy. Obviously if it doesn't work just uninstall it and you're back to normal. A quick note when installing Rockbox on your mp3; connect it right to your computer as opposed to a hub connected to your computer as it may cause write problems. 
Don't be worried about the first bootup as it might take a while as it needs to get used to all those GB of stored music and photos and don't be worried about the small font, it is easily changeable. The best part about Rockbox is its audio options which my friend would love and will recommend to him. It has many preset equalizer options but for advanced users it allows much customization to the sound. Like any major mp3 player you can always change bass and treble but Rockbox allows much more precision customization. You can change decibel, channel, and balance settings, as well as crossfeed which allows the headphones to better simulate sound as if it were regular speakers. Finally, dithering allows Rockbox to adjust bit-depth discrepancies to that of the iPod, in short, making better sound.
Rockbox would be a sure download if I had one of those mp3 players but I'm going to recommend the software to my friend as he has an iPod and is finicky about his sound.
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