If you’ve got an iPod nano, you also have a free case for it — the plastic wrapper it came in.
I’ve been using the see-through poly wrapper for a week or two and it’s proven quite functional. It covers both the scroll-wheel and screen, but is thin enough to use the scroll-wheel without taking it off. It protects from scratches, and the glue that holds it together is still sticky.
The only drawback is having to remove the wrapper to plug in the dock connector. Plus it looks kinda mental, like people who leave plastic wrappers on car seats.
What’s really needed is a bit of mental toughness; an acceptance of the fact that the nano will get scratched, and it matters naught.
(Picture lifted from WR276’s Flickr photostream).
