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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:   
   >>>> "Seth"  wrote in message   
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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.   
      
   True, but not $600 expensive.  It's about half that, according to their web   
   site.  And that's the most expensive model.   
      
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