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   >>>> "Frank Frank"  wrote in message   
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   >>>>> Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>>> "Frank Frank"  wrote in message   
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   >>>>>>> Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> iPod and you get something that works and works well.  :-)   
   >>>>>>> Until the battery goes dead and you can't replace the thing, and   
   > have   
   >>> to   
   >>>>>>> shell out another $600 for a new one.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> That's one very expensive ear-candy habit you got there!   
   >>>>>> The battery can be replaced on all of Apple's products, so I don't   
   > know   
   >>>>>> what   
   >>>>>> you're talking about.   
   >>>>> It's a well known fact that the battery in an ipod cannot be changed   
   > by   
   >>>>> the customer.   
   >>>> Now that you've said that, will the replacement battery I installed in   
   > my   
   >>>> daughters iPod cease to work? Kind of how Wile E Coyote never falls   
   > till   
   >>> he   
   >>>> looks down?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Just because there is no "Apple sanctioned" customer replacement part   
   >>>> doesn't rule out 3rd party solutions that are quite inexpensive and not   
   >>> too   
   >>>> difficult to install.   
   >>> Yep. It may not be easy for absolutely everyone to do, but it is   
   > certainly   
   >>> possible for someone to change an iPod battery (or any other Apple   
   > device's   
   >>> battery), and for those who can't or don't want to do it themselves,   
   > Apple   
   >>> service centres can replace the batteries, obviously for a price.   
   >>>   
   >>> Replacing a worn out battery is largely irrelevant in today's "throw   
   > away"   
   >>> society anyway. By the time the battery wears out and needs replacing,   
   > most   
   >>> people will simply throw the device out and buy a brand new one with all   
   > the   
   >>> latest fancy toys on it.   
   >> At $600 a pop.   
   >>   
   >> I rest my case.   
   >   
   > It doesn't cost anywhere near $600 to replace a battery, even if you get   
   > Apple technician to do the job.  :-\   
      
   Sure it does. Apple is bloody expensive. Everybody knows this.   
      
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