Here is an easy tutorial to follow if you would like to transfer and change your wallpaper on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Step 1:
Find an image that you would like to use as wallpaper from any website. Right-click on a PC or control-click on an Apple computer and select “Save As” to save the image to your computer. Save it to your “My Pictures” folder or iPhoto library on a PC or Apple respectively, or wherever you prefer to store your images on your computer as long as you will be able to easily locate it.

Step 2:
Connect the iPhone to your computer with the USB cable and wait for iTunes to launch itself automatically. Click on the “Photos” tab in the side panel.

Step 3:
Click on the “Sync Photos From:” tab in the “Photos” menu on iTunes and locate the folder where your photos are stored. Select all of the images that you would like to transfer your to iPhone, keeping in mind that you will assign the photos as wallpaper to accompany specific menus or contacts later. Click on “Sync” in iTunes to transfer all of the photos to your iPhone.

Step 4:
View the photos transferred from your computer to the iPhone to decide which to use as wallpaper by tapping on the “Photos” icon on the home screen. You can zoom in on any photo by pinching your fingers together and moving them together or apart. You can also zoom in and out by quickly tapping twice in a row and then repeating this motion again to zoom in the opposite direction.

Step 5:
Change the primary wallpaper on your iPhone by tapping on the “Wallpaper” icon in the “Settings” menu. You will then see a menu displaying thumbnails of all of the photos stored in your iPhone. Choose a photo by tapping the “Options” button and then tapping “Use as Wallpaper.”

Step 6:
Adjust the appearance of your wallpaper photo by dragging the photo around the screen until only the portion you would like to use is visible. Zoom in or out to adjust the size of the image you plan to use as your wallpaper. Finish by tapping “Set Wallpaper” to save your adjustments.

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How to Use the Nike + iPod Sport Kit

Step 1.

Place the sensor in your left Nike+ shoe, in the built-in pocket beneath the insole. You can leave the sensor in your shoe even when you’re not working out.

Step 2.

Attach the receiver to your iPod nano. The receiver fits snugly into the Dock connector, located on the bottom of your iPod nano next to the headphone jack.

Step 3.

Hit the ground running with workout-based voice feedback, Nike Sport Music content, and an iPod nano that stays in tune with every step.

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Size and weight

• Height: 1.07 inches (27.3 mm)
• Width: 1.62 inches (41.2 mm)
• Depth: 0.41 inch (10.5 mm) (including clip)
• Weight: 0.55 ounce (15.6 grams)

In the box

• iPod shuffle
• Earphones
• Dock
• Quick Start guide

Capacity

• 1GB or 2GB USB flash drive¹
• Holds up to 240 or 500 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format²
• Stores data via USB flash drive

Audio

• Skip-free playback
• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), WAV, and AIFF

Headphones

• Earphones
• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Impedance: 32 ohms

Mac system requirements

• Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
• Mac OS X v10.4.8 or later
• iTunes 7.4 or later³

Windows system requirements

• PC with USB 2.0 port
• Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
• iTunes 7.4 or later³

Environmental requirements

• Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
• Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
• Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Input and output

• 3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack

Power and battery⁴

• Built-in rechargeable lithium polymer battery
• Playtime: Up to 12 hours when fully charged
• Charging via included USB dock
  • Full-charge time: about 4 hours

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5. iPod to TV on the Cheap

This hack is almost the reverse of the previous one, at least in terms of what it accomplishes. Want to watch content from your iPod on your TV? You can easily do so by purchasing the $19 iPod AV cable from Apple. But where’s the fun in that? Apple notes that other AV cables are not compatible with iPods with color displays. But that’s not completely true. You can accomplish the same task using a standard mini-jack to three-plug RCA cable. Since these cables tend to run southwards of ten bucks, it makes for a slightly cheaper way watch your iPod videos on your TV set. Set your iPod to output to TV, plug in the cable via the minijack, and you’re nearly there. The final step is to simply plug the RCA connections into your TV using a non-standard setup. Apple outputs the iPod’s video to the red cable—rather than the traditional yellow. So you’ll want to plug the red cable into the video (yellow) plug on your TV, the yellow cable into the white plug, and the white cable into the red plug. This is an easy hack that anyone with an iPod video can try.

6. Pac Attack

Growing up, I spent endless hours in front of an arcade console, popping pills and running from ghosts. Now I can re-live those glory days with my iPod, thanks to iPodMAME, which allows me to play Pac-Man right on my iPod. This hack will install a version of MAME, the arcade game emulator program, on your iPod. As with the Wikipedia hack, iPodMAME requires that you first install iPodLinux. The program comes with romsets (the set of files including all the game data) including one for Pac-Man, however others should be able to be added. To date, iPodMAME has only been tested on the 5G iPod with video and the iPod nano, but the creator notes that it should work on any iPod with a color screen.

7. Radio Free Shuffle

As always, Jim Younkin’s Shufflehacks site is a great source of inspiration. And one of the recent hacks he posted was no exception. This risk-free hack will let you turn your iPod shuffle into a portable radio station—perfect for taking your shuffle with you on a road trip. The build notes offer instructions on how to build a radio transmitter that plugs into your shuffle (or other MP3 player). The example on Shufflehacks uses a computer mouse for a body to house the radio, perfect for an über-geeky customization.

8. Scratchless Super Screen

There are only two complaints we hear about the iPod with any degree of regularity. The first is that the screens can be easily scratched, and the second is that they’re all the same. This hack takes care of both of those complaints. Note that we include this last mod not because we think you should try it (we don’t!), but rather because it’s so daring. Like the memory doubling hack featured above, this is a good way to ruin your iPod. But that didn’t stop Seth Fogie from cracking open his iPod and scratch-proofing the display. Noting that the faceplate on the Sony PSP is more bulletproof than that on the iPod, and that it nearly matched the iPod’s in terms of size, Fogie set about swapping the two of them out. Fogie completely disassembled his iPod, and then filed down his PSP faceplate to fit. After re-assembling everything, he was left with a “Scratchproof” iPod. While we don’t suggest you try this at home, we’d love to hear about it if you do.

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1. Penguin Power

We went over this customization in our last look at iPod hacks, but we’re featuring it again as iPod Linux is the essential hack, table stakes for many of the other hacks you might want to try. It’s fully supports iPods in generations 1-3, and has been successfully installed on all others with a display—which doesn’t necessarily indicate that you’ll be successful yourself. You should also grab a copy of Podzilla, which will add a graphical interface to iPod Linux. There are multiple flavors of Podzilla available for you to choose from. Once installed, iPod Linux and Podzilla will let you boot up your iPod to a bare-bones Linux mode. Furthermore, it will serve as the foundation for many other hacks, both ones listed here and those in our previous guide.

2. Knowledge to Go

Everyone loves Wikipedia. It’s the free user-built encyclopedia with entries on more topics than Britannica. It’s a great information resource, but what if you’re away from your desk? Now you can get it on your iPod and carry Wikipedia with you everywhere you go. Unfortunately, it’s not yet available for all models of iPods, nano and video users are left out for now. (And obviously, since there is no display on the iPod shuffle, there is no point to installing Wikipedia.) You first will need to install iPod Linux.

3. Double your Damage

One of the two most daring iPod hacks we’ve come across was this build featured on multiarcade. Not content with the 4GB of memory iPod nano? So why not double it. Not for the faint of heart, performing this hack requires that you conduct some major surgery on your nano. First you’ll need to buy a broken nano from eBay. Next up, crack it open and remove the memory. Then, and here’s where it gets really dicey, you’re going to want to open up your working nano. Finally, you’ll solder the memory chip from the broken nano to the empty pad in the working one, seal it back up, and perform a factory reset. You’ll now either have one working nano with 7.2 GB of space, or two useless ones. Either way, this courageous hack should make for a fun-filled weekend project.

4. Mobile Movies

If you have a lot of movies on DVD, odds are you’ve thought of transferring them to your iPod. Doing so is relatively easy using free software available for both the Mac and Windows. Be warned: unless you use an analog capture method, the DMCA makes it illegal for you to take the movies you own on DVD and put them on your iPod.

For Mac (and Linux) users, the process couldn’t be easier. All you need is a copy of the free utility Handbrake. Handbrake is already available as a Universal binary—good news for those who have a new Mac Book Pro, Mac mini, or iMac—and can rip video from DVD directly to mpeg-4 video, the format you’ll need to watch it on your iPod.

Windows users need to make a few extra steps. First, you’ll need to find a DVD ripping program, such as DVDFab Decrypter or DVD Decrypter. Next, you’ll want to convert your video to AVI using a decoding tool. Finally, it’s time to convert that AVI file into mpeg-4 video that can play on your iPod, Videora iPod Converter is a great tool for this last step.

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Size and weight

• Height: 4.3 inches (110 mm)
• Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
• Depth: 0.31 inch (8 mm)
• Weight: 4.2 ounces (120 grams)

In the box

• iPod touch
• Earphones
• USB 2.0 cable
• Dock adapter
• Polishing cloth
• Stand
• Quick Start guide

Capacity

• 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive¹
• Holds up to 1,750, 3,500, or 7,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format²
• Holds up to 10,000, 20,000, or 25,000 iPod-viewable photos³
• Holds up to 10 hours, 20 hours, or 40 hours of video

Display

• 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
• 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch

Audio

• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Video

• H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Headphones

• Earphones
• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Impedance: 32 ohms

Mac system requirements

• Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
• Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
• iTunes 7.6 or later⁷

Windows system requirements

• PC with USB 2.0 port
• Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
• iTunes 7.6 or later⁷

Languages

• English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and Polish
• International keyboard support for English, UK English, French, French Canadian, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, and Portuguese
• Dictionary support for English, UK English, French, French Canadian, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Dutch

Environmental requirements

• Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
• Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
• Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Input and output

• Dock connector
• 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

Power and battery⁸

• Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
• Playback time
  • Music playback time: Up to 22 hours when fully charged
  • Video playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged

  

• Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)
  • Fast-charge time: about 1.5 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
  • Full-charge time: about 3 hours

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