Cases and Accessories for 5G iPods

Ok, so ever since I purchased my Black 60GB iPod I started reading about how easily it scratched and realized I needed to get a case for it immediately. I was also surprised to discover that my old iTrip and other top docking accessories no longer worked with the 5G iPods. So I began to research my options for cases and accessories, and here's what I came across:
This is a silicone case from zCover that seems to be the only 5G specific case that is available and shipping now.
http://www.zcover.com/zCoverProduct_iPod_G5Original.htm
Here are 6 different options for cases offered by Speck sometime in mid-November.
http://www.speckproducts.com/for-video.html
Tunewear has several different options available for the 5G's. The silicone case (ICEWEAR 5G) can be found here: http://www.tunewear.com/english/product/icewear_5g/index.html
The wallet-sized leather case (PRIE TUNEWALLET 5G) can be found here: http://www.tunewear.com/english/product/tunewallet_5g/
And finally the leather case with belt clip and hook (PRIE Ambassador) can be found here: http://www.tunewear.com/english/product/ambassadoripod5g/index.html
All of these cases are shipping sometime in November and all come included with Tunewear's TUNEFILM 5G which can also be purchased separately, found here: http://www.tunewear.com/english/product/tunefilm_5g/index.html
Another leather case option is being offered by difusi. Here is their VideoValet case, stated to be shipping sometime this week: http://www.difusi.tv/hardware/casemini/videovalet.html
Since most of these cases haven't been released yet, I decided to fashion my own case for the time being. This option will probably only work for those of you who purchased the 60 GB iPods, because the 30GB 5G's are significantly thinner than their 20GB and 30GB 3G and 4G counterparts. But anyway, I purchased a cheap silicone case for a 20GB iPod from Best Buy (you can probably find one anywhere that sells iPod accessories for around $10-$15) and a pack of PDA screen protectors. Since the height and width of the new iPods are exactly the same (the thickness or depth of the new 60GB is close enough to the 20GB and 30GB 4G's) and the click wheel and dock connector seem to be in the same place, it was only the screen size that needed to be adjusted. So I cut the case to make the entire screen visible, used a small amount of heat with a lighter to melt the cut edges firm, and then cut a screen protector to fit. This is a crude option, but it has worked for me so far and I don't have a scratch on it yet.
As for other accessories available, allabouttheaccessories.com has nearly all accessories that are currently available and compatible with the 5G video capable iPods listed here: http://www.allabouttheaccessories.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=193
As most of you know, the current incarnations of Griffin's t fit in the older case. Obviously the edges of the iTrip, perhaps the most popular FM transmitter for the iPod, are not compatible with the new 5G iPods. For some reason, Apple did away with the external power port on top of the new iPods, and therefore it is unlikely that there will be any accessories, including iTrip, iTalk, remotes, etc. that will dock on top of the iPod. Instead, most will use the dock connector port on the bottom of the iPod, which isn't all bad and actually offers some benefits. Griffin's new iTrip that will use this port can be found here: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itrip30/techspecs.php And with a simple mini USB to standard USB cable, you can charge your iPod using a number of car chargers that use the USB cable (including Griffin's PowerJolt of course).
Anyway, hope this post helps those of you searching for new stuff for your 5G iPods. Despite the criticism I've read, this device is a huge step for iPods and has a ton of potential. Sure there are a few things that need to get worked out, but the bottom line is they've added all t

I did a quick search on Best Buy and came up with the following...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=&id=pcat17071&type=pa...
I'm sure you can do the same on Google with the rest of the web.

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