Christopher wrote:
Nope. Where the hell am I going to find $800 anyway?
The better question is what the hell you would be buying that would cost $800 . Mine cost me $375 at most, with the carrying case included. It's a 20 gig version, and has a 5000 song capacity. I like having all my music at my fingertips, so i can listen to anything i am in the mood for.
It weighs less than 7 ounces (under half a pound) and is ony slightly bigger than a deck of cards. The touch sensitive scroll wheel is pretty neat, along with the fact that you can use it as an alarm clock and you can play games on it as well (brick attack, parachute, music quiz, and solitaire). The battery life is suitable for me, i havent re-charged it in probably four days or so. When you think of a 10 hour battery life, you have to realise that you more than likely won't be using it for ten hours straight. Along with the 18 month battery life issue, it also depends on how often you use it. A Lithium Ion battery is good for 300-500 re-charge cycles (full drain to full charge)
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Q: Is the iPod's battery user-replaceable?
A1: Yes and no. The iPod's case is not designed to be opened, so, in that respect, it's not what would generally be referred to as "user-replaceable". But, the case can be opened, and there are several third parties that offer replacement batteries for the iPod for as low as $30
The battery degradation is the same as you would eventually experience with any lithium ion battery used in any laptop, cell phone, portable music player, etc., and is not unique to the iPod. There are now also external battery packs that you could use if you were to, say, go on a 17 hour flight and you expected to listen to your music the entire way.
Overall, i am very satisfied with my iPod, and besides, it has my name engraved on the back