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From: jgoldie247@btinternet.com
Mac Breck wrote:
> Jette Goldie wrote:
>> Frank Frank wrote:
>>> 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
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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.
>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>
>> My iPod gets over 12 hours continuous play on one charge, but I don't
>> usually play it continuously - one charge will tend to last me a month
>> at regular usage. Slightly less if I play movies.
>
> Can you run it off of the 12VDC in the car (or 110 VAC in the house)
> while not depleting *or* charging the NiMH cells, or does everything go
> through the NiMH cells? Seems to me that the ideal solution would be a
> switch which allows a charger to feed the correct voltage directly to
> the iPod to run it *or* to charge the cells either while running the
> iPod (slower charge) or not (faster charge).
>
I've never tried - but I do know that while it's charging at home the
player _will_ work.
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