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Apple iPod Update Increases Battery Life

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-battery dept.

hhoor writes "Apple has released iPod Software 1.2.6. According to Apple, 'After updating the iPod, customers can expect at least 10 days of standby battery life on a full charge.' So maybe now it's really time to buy one."

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  1. Works great for me by Fulkkari · · Score: 5, Informative
    I wish there was some feedback here before I update my iPod, to see if Apple messes something up on my system.

    I updated my 10 GB Mac iPod, and the updating process went smoothly. I have had no problems with the update. So go ahead and update. You should however always make backups if you want to be sure.

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  2. Re:Out of stock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I work for compusa and the 5gb ipod is DO1 status in our database, meaning it was discontinued... You wont be seeing it any time soon... 10gb ipod is the new 5gb..

  3. Re:Clock and firmware by dhovis · · Score: 4, Informative
    I did some research and found that the inclusion of a clock was the culprit

    No, you and everyone else blamed the clock, as it was the only apparant change to the iPod firmware that seemed like it might have introduced a drain on the battery.

    However, if this update works, it blows that theory out of the water. The knowledgebase article for this says that the problem was that the iPod was incorrectly interpreting the battery charge. It seems that the 1.2 firmware was not allowing the iPod to use all of the battery capacity, and was shutting down when there was still plenty of life left. There is no way anyone outside of Apple could have figured this out, so the clock got blamed.

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  4. iPod on Linux by dakkar · · Score: 4, Informative

    I use an iBook with OS X, and a Linux machine.

    Recently I acquired a iee1394 PCI card, and used the conversion tool from iPod-on-Linux to transform it into a FAT32 iPod, and gtkpod to manage songs on it.

    The conversion tool installed firmware 1.2.1, but this last iPod upgrade wanted to reformat my iPod. So now I had a 1.2.6 iPod, but HFS+ instead of FAT32.

    Never to lose courage, I copied the 'Firmware' file from inside the upgrader's directory on the Mac to the PC, over the 1.2.1 firmware used in the conversion tool. Run the conversion tool again, and now I have a 1.2.6 FAT32 iPod, and I'm filling it up again using gtkpod.

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  5. Re:Why does the iPod have no off switch? by idsofmarch · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hold down the Play button.

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  6. Actually... by vought · · Score: 4, Informative

    I wrote some of the documentation for the PP5002C and PP5003 chips used in the iPod when I worked for Portal Player last year.

    In fact, the chip IS a dual ARM7 core with supporting I/O logic. So it is you, in fact, who is mistaken.