I was recently presented with a dropped Flip UltraHD that had cracked its lens, or what I thought was a lens but technically has no curvature to it so is technically best described as a dust shield, guard or cover. Regardless, it's flat circular bit of glass 1mm thick and 20mm in diameter, exactly like a watch crystal, which you can buy for $0.88 (plus $9.19 shipping) from Esslinger.com

Click through for directions on replacing the glass

When your two year contract with Verizon is up they offer you a new phone at a steep discount (usually free) as incentive to renew. Rather than go through the hassle of switching carriers I re-accepted the Verizon shackles (vowing to do something about it this time) and selected a Samsung Trance. The Trance is a music phone meaning it has better audio quality than a normal phone but not quite the audio quality you'd expect from a dedicated DAP. The great thing about it that it has a 3.5mm jack and a MicroSD slot for a theoritcal 32Gb of through-regular-headphones music. The bad news is the mediocre sound quality, the flimsy battery cover and the flaky battery life. Regardless, getting music on with Windows 7 is a breeze, it shows up as an external storage device and you just drop music into the my_music folder, end of story. However, if you know Verizon you know that putting ringtones on is another story. So don your TOS violating, warranty voiding hats, it's time to do some customizing.