On Saturday, I got 2 iSkins. While they were nice, I was slightly underwhelmed because I realized that I couldn't use my dock (which I use frequently because I've found it works/sounds best for FM modulation in my car when it's in the dock as well as when I plug into my home receiver). I read the posts about cutting through the holes to make it dock friendly, but I'm not much of a hacker and that seemed drastic.

So yesterday, in reading through the "cut up your iSkin" posts, I noticed a mention to the Speck product. Got online, ordered a charcoal (almost ordered all 3, but got cheap at the last minute), and had it overnighted so I can have it for my trip on Thursday.

I LOVE IT! Fits nicely on my 40GB. Looks sharp (actually looks more opaque than solid charcoal, so it actually matches the cover I have on my cellphone). I like the way the top is completely open -- found that with the iSkin, it was hard to access the Hold switch and that you had to plug headphones in just right for them to go all the way in. Also, the grips on back are nice.

Only thing I wish it had different was a slit in the bottom for the dock slot, so I could use a dock cable if I want to without having to slip the bottom off. It's very convenient, though, when using a dock. But it would be nice to choose whether to flip the bottom off depending on whether or not I was using an actual dock vs. the cable. Thought of cutting a hole in the bottom, but once again, I'm not much of a hacker.