Washington Post Covers iPod Battery Ruckus

An anonymous reader sent in a link to 'Battery and Assault: When His iPod Died, This Music Lover Tackled Apple. Stay Tuned.' in the Washington Post. The article (good reading even if you're familiar with the situation) has Apple reps being rather callous about the issue - I think it's a fairly reasonable assumption that if you spend several hundred dollars on a gizmo, it shouldn't be "disposable". A replacement battery for my cell phone cost $10; one for my cordless phone cost $10; Apple is presumably making a good deal of money on their $99 replacements.

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In a nutshell.

[keplon]

Basically, a group of college students have discovered the short life of IPOD's battery(approx. 200 hrs.) Washington Post has done a follow-up to the story, dismissing their false claims & stating (correctly) it is only ~150 hours.

Re:Sounds like the Dell DJ

[IM6100]

I just can't relate. Not at all. When I was a teenager I badly wanted an oscilloscope. What brand of clothing I wore was totally irrelevant.

Re:Apple doesn't make batteries

[mechugena]

At least he didn't mention the Fleet Footed Floomdorm, High Hopping Hoomdorm, Stretch Legged Stoomdorm, or Lurch Along Loomdorm!!

Ahhh...the 80's!!

Re:Apple doesn't make batteries

[yotto]

What? First off, whoever modded you 'Inspiring' or whatever is an idiot. Secondly, we were not led to believe that the Iraqui invasion would be over quickly. One thing that Dubya said from the get-go was that this would be long, drawn out, and most people would not like it. It's the one thing he's gotten right. Thirdly, it has nothing to do about apple batteries and how poorly Ipods are designed, so, well, cram it.