Locking out of love

Teenagers of America: be this kid and follow his plan.

Step 1: Skill with soldering.
Step 2: Skill with software.
Step 3: ??????
Step 4: Profit!

Now, if he manages to unlock, say, oh, I dunno, an extra 40 to 80 gigs for the iPod portion of it, then I'd totally fork up the money.