Settlement Proposed in iPod Class Action Suit

An anonymous reader writes "A court has conditionally approved a settlement in a class action suit brought against Apple Computer by several consumers who claim their iPod batteries did not live up to the company's representation, according to AppleInsider. The tentative approval was handed down by the Superior Court of California for San Mateo County and covers all consumers who purchased a first-, second-, or third-generation iPod model on or before May 31, 2004 and experienced 'battery failure.' According to the published settlement notice, 'battery failure' is when 'the capacity of an iPod's battery to hold an electrical charge has dropped to four hours or less of continuous audio playback, with earbuds attached, with respect to the Third Generation iPod, or five hours or less of continuous audio playback, with earbuds attached, with respect to the First Generation iPod and the Second Generation iPod.' The deadline for filing a claim is September 30, 2005."

Comments

Re:Ridiculous

[hobbesmaster]

If your Honda only held 1 gallon of gas after 2 months of use and when you complained Honda said buy a new car, would you be angry?

Re:What about Nokia!?

[TheSpoom]

And this sort of thinking is why I will not buy anything by Apple. It goes along with their choice to make it hard to take songs off an iPod, their use of DRM in iTunes, and various other issues with their product offerings. They make their fans come up with excuses for them.

The products I buy shouldn't need excuses, they should just do what I want, when I want, and not have hidden flaws.