Yes true. The DAC and Amp is now combined into one.

According to some audiophiles I spoke to, modding it will not bring much improvement as compared to the previous generations.

ya... i find my previous ipod 30gb sound quality is better than mine ipod touch... erm.. my ipod touch is 75 weeks.. erm

Lets just hope Apple will pay more attention to audio performance rather than shrinking the design like what they did to Nano.

Then the nano will be fat + fat

If the Nano widens mode then it will be back to send generation Nano.... In horizontal form.

Like this?

Exactly what's in my mind. Nice stretching and I doubt people will buy it.

The nano click wheel already hard for me to use and want to stretch it

But I still prefer the 2nd generation because 3rd generation back can be scratched easily. It's a very bad move of designing like this.

Well, you can always use protectors such as bestskinsever or invisible shield.

But that nano stretched until like that really ugly la in my opinion.

Yea but the 2nd generation dont even need a shield. I seldom use casing on phones and music players because I them to be what they are.

naked is cool... ^__^ but still better put on protection!!