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   Dragon Lady wrote:   
   > "Frank Frank"  wrote in message   
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   >> Your Name wrote:   
   >>> "Frank Frank"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:hbralr$7c1$2@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>> Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>> "Seth"  wrote in message   
   >>>>> news:hbpfhd$inb$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >>>>>> "Frank Frank"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>> news:hbos8j$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.   
   >>>>> 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   
      
   OK.   
      
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