In response to two comments posted about the life of an iPod battery I am taking the time to explain the issue here now. Like all rechargeable batteries you can have duds... Ones that will only hold a charge for a short time or ones that are fine and then all the sudden just "die". Here's what happened to the second generation of iPods. Many (read: thousands) of them held up to their "10 hours of playing time" as advertised until a little over a year then they dropped drastically to like 30 minutes. Coincidently the free one year warranty is now expired thus leaving you with an inadequate iPod. You could send it back to Apple and pay 100 bucks plus shipping BOTH ways to CA and they would fix it. Changing a battery in an iPod is not as easy as a TV clicker or cellphone.
People got mad at this, filed a lawsuit and won. If you can now prove that you purchased a 2nd generation iPod within a certain time frame and your battery is faulty Apple will replace it for free no matter how long ago it was. It can all be read about here.
My first iPod was a 2nd generation and I can personally attest to the crappyness of the battery life. After about 13 months it drained down to about 45 minutes. Unfortunately I can not find any of the necessary documentation needed for the claim. I received a 4th generation as a gift and that battery life is outstanding. Apparently the only iPods to have battery problems were the 2nd Gen's and Apple is eating it now.
If you are having problems with your iPod battery and want to try your hand at replacing the battery yourself (which I plan to do soon) check this site out.
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