"The Radioactive Ninja Titboxer" wrote in message
news:747i10duaa429dt2rofv3cgd5q35io7ag0@rdmzrnewst xt.nz
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 13:23:03 GMT, MINe 109
wrote:

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/

http://www.apple.com/support/product...ecareipod.html

The two-year warranty covers battery replacement.

And there's this:

http://www.ipodbattery.com/

And others like them.

I'm more upset about the stupid non-defeatable volume cap on the Euro
models.

I thought there was a firmware update that addressed this.

My old 10 gigger still works well--no noticeable loss of battery
performance. I use it regularly for four/five hours and the battery
indicator shows two of the three charge bars. Not sure whether it
would still run the specified ten hours, but there *are* replacement
batteries available.

At a mildly exorbitant price, and via a procedure that isn't for the
fumble-fingered. Plan B is send the box back to Apple for the $99
replacement, at the cost of all the files on your current iPod.

The original battery that came with my Vaio lasts
about ten minutes these days--and no warning before it caves in. Eek!

Hopefully its a tad more replicable than the battery on an iPod.