Here’s a little something for smokers who love their gadgets. If you have a spare iPod laying around, you too can be very James Bond like and turn it into a cigarette case.

Basically, just remove the guts and replace said guts with butts. Makes a great conversation piece and your be the life of any party. It can be a secret compartment for anything small, not just cigs. This person came up with the idea when their iPod had an encounter with the pavement and died.

Want to turn your iPod into a TV? How about one of those old TV/VCR combos? I can think of a better choice of TV, but at least this will increase your screen size and give you more volume. This mini TV-set magnifies your iPod’s screen up to 2.8 inches. The iPod Nano 3G TV will be available soon for the retail price of about $23. Your iPod slips into the back as shown. It probably would have been cooler if it slid in the VHS slot.

It’s been a long wait. A long and winding road if you will. At last, the Beatles iPod is out, with only 2,500 units available. You know you want it. And in these tough economic times, Paul, Ringo, and Yoko need your help. So why not fork out $795. The Limited Edition Ultimate Collector’s Beatles iPod Set comes complete with a wooden box designed by Psycho Bunny, where you can store your 120GB Beatles iPod, 13 original Beatles albums on CD, two masters, the Love CD, and an engraved guitar pick that is surely the pick of destiny.

Uh, hang on a minute here. Anyone wanting a Beatles iPod surely owns all of these CDs anyway, so what gives? I don’t need all of that extra junk for 800 clams. Just give me a decent Beatles iPod. Preferably something with a classic album cover on it.

In this economy it takes a special kind of douche to buy all kinds of gold covered gadgets and then proclaim himself the new Goldfinger. That’s right, now that your golden parachute has landed you safely in your mansion where the villagers can’t burn you with their torches it’s time to lose yourself in some quiet music and dream up another scam.

Good thing the new iPod Touch and 4th gen Nano come in 24ct and 18ct white gold now. The Nano starts at £349 while the second generation Touch starts at £449. Now where did that diamond studded USB drive get to? Ah, of course. It’s on your Swarovski encrusted crapper next to your blinged out TP holder.

The Vestalife Ladybug has always been one of the more creative and neat iPod docks. Now, Element Skateboards is teaming up with Vestalife for some Limited Edition models.

The Limited Edition ladybugs are available in blue and black. The blue Ladybug comes with a paisley themed design while the Limited Edition Black features a skull and cross bones. Both retail for $124.95. As far as the hardware beneath the fancy designs, it remains the same as it did when we first told you about them last year.

Here’s something retro and neat. Dock your new music thing into an old music thing. It’s the Phonofone II, Limited Edition in Black and it’s designed by Tristan Zimmerman with only 200 of the devices available for sale. It looks like yet another iPod speaker dock in the shape of a Victrola but this time it’s different, I swear. It uses no power except the power of your iPod Classic or iPod Touch to amplify music through the horn part of the Phonofone II at 55 decibels.

So it’s like actually blending the technologies of past and present. Ok, not really. The iPod Nano or shuffle won’t be powerful enough to amplify the Phonofone II unless you use an inline headphone amplifier. It’s like Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs collaborated, with Steve setting the price. The Phonofone II sells for $600.

Looks like real honest to God iPod Nano 4G hardware, but you’ll notice it has no Apple logo and it probably is equipped with non-Apple software inside. Call Anakin Skywalker and the rest of the Jedi council. Begun, the clone wars have. Those who don’t visit gadget sites are doomed to buy this thing. You’ll also notice that this clone is thin as an anorexic supermodel, which has us hoping that the Nano 4G will keep its slim form.

There have been a ton of rumors about the new redesigned iPods. But wait, there’s more. MacRumors and Ars Technica are both saying that we’ll be seeing the new iPods on September 9th. No specific details, but new nanos are a part of it, along with a rumored subscription service and maybe even a new iPod touch at a new lower price. We’ll see.

We told you the other day about how Kevin Rose had some “news” that a new iPod nano is coming. A slimmer longer sexier device. Not exactly hard evidence, but there are some new developments.

These two case-related designs are supposedly destined for Apple’s next PMP. News is that Chinese accessory-maker Beelan has a silicon sleeve ready to ship through Alibaba, and iDealsChina has renders of the 4th gen nano as well as another case from an unknown Canadian company. Neither design can be confirmed what with the fact that they appeared on the heels of the Rose rumor, but who knows. What do you think?

Kevin Rose of Digg and TechTV fame claims to have the skinny on the next iPod nano. He’s even got a picture of a thinner, longer iPod nano that’s a bit curvier. It fits perfectly with other rumors we’ve been hearing. We reported the possibility back in July.

Kevin is also saying that the iPod lineup will undergo large price cuts. The iPod touch will have some minor changes too, like a new 2.1 firmware update. How about a new iTunes 8.0? According to Rose’s sources, it will all happen “in the next 2-3 weeks.” Check out the video below.

Here’s the latest limited edition iPod emblazoned with Street Fighter characters. For those who don’t want an X-Files iPod or 90210. Relive the classic game while listening to your tunes. Chun Li is bound to be popular. No word on pricing yet. Buy two and make them fight by throwing them against each other while saying phrases from the game. The character that can still be recognized through all the dents, dings and scratches on your iPod is the winner. Now fight.

The truth is out there, and it’s available in a limited edition. X-Files fans can now get their hands on their very own limited edition engraved X-Files iPod in your choice of a black or silver iPod Classic, or black or silver iPod Nano.

They each feature different laser-etched X-Files scenes on the back, and are individually numbered. But what about the real stars of the series, the Lone Gunmen? Aka Langly, Frohike and Byers. Guess we’ll have to wait for that one. The 80GB iPod Classic is $329, while the 8GB iPod Nano is $269. Actually, I’m going to get a custom engraving using some of the X-Files scenes above, except it’s gonna read, “I banged Scully and all I got was this lousy iPod”.

Accordng to iLounge, this year’s iPod nano will have a larger screen than the current generation offers and will be more like a Zune. It will have the same 1.5:1 widescreen aspect ratio that the iPhone and iPod touch enjoys.

Something obviously needs to be done to fit that screen in right? That’s why they are giving it the shape of the older models, which will seem really weird at first glance. It seems like a step backwards, upping the size, but what they are after is usability.

Coming perhaps 15 years too late, teens who have never grown up and find themselves hanging out at the Peach Pit can now get their own limited edition Beverly Hills 90210 engraved iPod nano along with each purchase of every 90210 season on DVD.

No Blu-Ray in that zip code I guess. The special edition iPod nano will come in black or silver, and you can choose either 4GB and 8GB capacities. They will be a limited run of 2,000 units. So if you’re feeling all teen-like and angsty, you better hurry.

Crazy about the Simpsons, aren’t you? Your wife probably has a tall blue beehive and your youngest can’t stop sucking on her pacifier, right? You tell your religious neighbor to shut up all the time. Well, I’ve got something that will fit right into your life that you probably don’t have. A limited edition Simpsons iPod.

They come in several sizes with your choice of three different custom engravings on the back. You can get the Bart Sk8 logo, Homer saying D’Oh! and a Homer Tested insignia. They come in iPod Classic in 160 or 80GB, iPod Nano in 8 or 4GB, iPod Shuffle in 2 or 1GB and the iPod Touch in 32, 16 or 8GB. Each is limited to only 2000 units and are numbered. I’m a little disappointed that there’s no comic book guy.