A week ago I finally decided that it was time to jailbreak my iPod Touch 2G v2.2.1. Using redsn0w, I was able to jailbreak it in just under 10 minutes. I had Cydia up and running, downloading all the great new packages that aren’t available on the Apple App Store. However, after re-connecting my iPod to the computer, iTunes would not recognize my iPod.

A few searches online revealed nothing informative. Most of the sites suggested that iTunes be uninstalled and reinstalled. This is a real pain, taking up a lot of time. However, the iTunes Repair option was something that worked like a charm.

Open up Add/Remove Programs under the Windows Control Panel, and hit ‘Change’ for iTunes instead of ‘Uninstall’. Select the first option to “Repair” iTunes. Unplug your iPod/iPhone. The uninstaller should ask you to reboot. Do so. When Windows boots up again, plug your iPod in and iTunes should recognize it and pop-up automatically. This way, all your settings and library are still intact, and yet you have a new-ish installation of iTunes.

The new Limited Edition Prince Opus iPod could be a reason to go crazy. British publishing company Kraken Opus will only sell 950 of the purple special-edition iPod Touch, which comes loaded with a 40-minute movie featuring footage from the enigmatic artist’s “21 Nights” 2007 tour in London, as well as a live soundtrack from his “Indigo Nights” album.

This new limited edition iPod Touch costs $2,100, which means that you’ll be paying $140 per song(!!). This is because the iPod comes with the “Prince 21 Nights Opus,” a book of photography of “21 Nights” shot by Randee St. Nicholas and including lyrics and poetry by the artist himself. T tome is more than 200 pages (each measuring 13 by 20 inches) and weighing in at “an epic 17 kg,” is bound in leather and comes in a velvet-covered case.

Kraken Opus CEO and founder Karl Fowler says that one-third of the 950 available Opuses and iPods were already sold over the weekend.