It seems those crazy geeks at www.ipodlinux.org have reveal a dirty iPod secret - the hardware is capable of stereo line-in 96K recording (better than CD quality), but Apple nobble it to 8k (barely telephone quality) in firmware.

Considering this I've created a petition calling for Apple to make iPod a full bandwidth recording device.

If it tickles your fancy, sign it here...
http://www.petitiononline.com/44kiPod/petition.html

iPodLinux is all well and good for geeks, but users have a right to a recordable model (even if it's just the top of the line unit) that runs full bandwith recording in native firmware and comes with a proper line-in cable, I reckon, especially considering it's already there in hardware for linux geeks to find (and use!)