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   From: candid@dontbother.invalid   
      
   trag wrote:   
   > On Oct 22, 11:15 pm, Frank Frank  wrote:   
   >> Seth wrote:   
   >>> "Frank Frank"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:hbos8j$deh$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>> Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>> "Frank Frank"  wrote in message   
   >>>>> news:hboaci$lkq$5@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>>>> 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.   
   >> Jesus Christ! An ipod can't even be OPENED UP by the customer, short of   
   >> smashing it with a hammer, or hadn't you noticed?   
      
   I repeat: have you been living in a cave for the last ten years? One of   
   the big news items of the last decade or so was the invention of the   
   iPod. One of the next big ones was the widespread criticism of same for   
   lack of customer-replaceable batteries.   
      
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