Since the new iPod nano came out I have to say I was a bit jealous of one of its features, that being the shake shuffle. That’s probably the biggest pain in the ass about having an iPhone is when you’re listening to music on shuffle and you want to skip to the next track. You have to pull it out, unlock the screen, then use the tiny onscreen controls to skip to the next track. That was until I ran across a jailbreak app called Pocket Touch. This very cool little app available through Cydia and Installer allows you to shake shuffle as well as use screen gestures to adjust the volume, pause and skip tracks back and forward. It’s pretty cool. I tried it while walking and found the shake shuffle a little too sensitive being in my jacket pocket, but I’m sure I’ll figure something out. So for those iPhone and iPod Touch owners with nano envy, this is the answer, at least until Apple builds it into the firmware at some point.

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