Well, I knew I would have to do some modifications to non-silicone cases. I'm holding off from getting silicone because I don't think it protects very much. I don't see the player doing well from a drop at waist height in a silicone case. The leather cases have extended corners that can absorb a good deal of the impact (usually, the corner of a unit is the first to hit the ground).
Aluminum and plastic would indeed be hard to modify if the keyppad has shifted, but I figure I could cut a bigger hole in the leather in the ipod nano (1st gen) case to properly access the nano clone keypad. Cutting a bigger hole for the larger screen of the nano clone would be even easier, of course. But I'm not sure how easy either mod is...
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