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   From: candid@dontbother.invalid   
      
   Jette Goldie wrote:   
   > Frank Frank wrote:   
   >> Jette Goldie wrote:   
   >>> Frank Frank wrote:   
   >>>> Jette Goldie wrote:   
   >>>>> 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?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Actually it can   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Actually, it can't.   
   >>>   
   >>> Trust me, it can.   
   >>   
   >> But it can't! Have you even *seen* one?   
   >   
   > yes.   
      
   > I gave my old Creative mp3 player to a friend when I got the Nano - it   
   > was ok, but it lacked some of the functions of the iPod.  Yes, you could   
   > change the batteries easier - but the batteries didn't last as long as a   
   > full charge on the iPod (darn thing *ate* AAA batteries).   
      
   Mine gets six or seven hours of continual play out of a single charge of   
   an NiMH AAA.   
      
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