Bling Challenge: iPod shuffle

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Apple's iPod shuffles have never been the easiest to bling up: their low prices and small sizes combine to make them a less attractive target for customizing companies than the pricier iPods and nanos. With the introduction of the second-generation shuffle, the problem has become more acute: many months after the aluminum shuffle debuted, few companies have released cases, let alone serious cosmetic updates, and Apple has pre-empted part of that market by offering five different shuffle colors - all the personalization some people think the $79 iPod needs.

There are a couple of exceptions. As with the first- generation shuffle, Germany's ShuffleSome came up with a series of low-cost sticker covers for the second-generation shuffle, using the latest materials and designs to improve these offerings over their predecessors. For $6.50 plus the cost of shipping, you get front and back stickers that are either opaque or transparent, with everything from simple black ink silhouettes to multi-colored patterns of all sorts. You don't get top or bottom shuffle coverage, but otherwise, these are seriously cool stickers.

Download the entire PDF – a comprehensive 230-page publication with a huge section about iTunes.