All right, I just ordered (thanks to a deal on Amazon Prime Day and dwindling stock) an SD card expansion thingie for the iPod, basically what I've been thinking about for a while: open up an iPod and replace the hard drive with a compact flash card with a lot more memory, 256 GB instead of the 160 it came with.  My current iPod is a bit long in the tooth, so in addition to upgrading the hard drive, I might need/want to replace the battery.  And while i found a tutorial on how to do that, I would much rather find someone with manual dexterity to do it for me.  But it's definitely a step in the right direction.  The device itself was six-ten bucks.  The SD card is gonna be a few hundred, so I'll hold off until I'm ready to actually pull the trigger and open the thing up.

I found a local place that can do a battery replacement for my iPod, too.  I would really like it if they would let me put that expander in while they've got it open, but I've got a sneaking suspicion they won't.  I'm thinking I want to do this to my old/current iPod, rather than risk my brand new boxed one that I've got for emergencies ("brand new" even though I've had it for years).

Good gawd... And then it will take years to listen to all those tunes

Okay, months later, I FINALLY loaded all my music onto my new iPod.  It took HOURS, and of course it took some trial and error to make sure everything I wanted was on there (a couple movies still aren't there).  Gave it a little test drive and it's workin' pretty nice.  It's sweet to have a fresh battery and all that free space on there.

Well, I've used it for about two non-consecutive hours and the battery indicator hasn't given up a sliver of green.  Big change from my last one, which was starting to show its' age.  Of course, my iMod has a fresh battery (or should I say "unused," outside of when it was charged up whenever it was originally made.... I was worried having it in storage for so long might make it lose some of its luster), an the compact flash card inside apparently requires less energy.

My big concern is the card corrupting or something, I don't know how long those things last, so I'm going to try to limit the number of times I write to it.  And I was GOING to say that at least I don't have to worry about running out of space, but if the thing corrupts or Apple bricks it, I will be back to my old iPod and all those constraints.  Fingers crossed that doesn't happen.

Now you just need the Trekz Titanium's to listen anywhere... without cords.