here’s a great guide of how the ipod remote works, if you’re like me, and might be if you’re reading this, you’d like to control your ipod via other ways, like wiring your jacket, or wrist watch. this site has all the info, connections, signals and protocol to pull it off.
well data from the ipod suggests that apple do intend to release a remote with something like a LCD on it – which is the only thing that i really want for my iPod at the moment