Considering the lyrical waxing over the iPod Touch’s CoverFlow music browsing system, I’m almost surprised there are people out there who’d like to change the way the PMP handles tracks.  However, wherever there’s cool hardware, there’ll be people wanting to make it even cooler: hence Matt’s project to bring flick-style transport controls to the Touch via its onboard accelerometer.

You may have seen a similar system on some of Sony Ericsson’s high-end Walkman cellphones: rather than use on-screen controls or hardware buttons to flip between songs, you jerk the PMP forward or backward.  Matt describes his (fledgling) project as being intended to tackle the problem of using the iPod Touch (or iPhone) while in a pocket; without a hardware scroll-wheel it’s not so easy to navigate music.

It’s definitely early days in the project, but it could be a useful addition once Matt gets into it.