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Judge Approves Settlement in iPod Suit

Posted by Zonk on from the shiny-white-money dept.

BabbaBooie writes "According to AppleInsider, on Thursday a San Mateo County judge granted final approval of a settlement in the iPod class action suit that affects as many as 1.3 million iPod owners who may have been victim to poor or defective batteries. Under the settlement, owners of either a first- or second-generation model are entitled to $25 cash or $50 credit at the Apple store. Owners of third-generation iPod models are entitled to a free replacement battery if the battery fails. The deadline for submitting a claim is September 30, 2005. Lawyers say the settlement could cost Apple as much as $15m."

7 of 293 comments (clear)

  1. Re:4G iPods out of luck? by MoneyT · · Score: 5, Informative

    Your 4G is still under waranty. Get it serviced.

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  2. Re:That's cool! by learn+fast · · Score: 4, Informative

    Every manufacturer may use the same batteries, but they don't advertise them the same way. Apple promised a specific quality of battery life, which the product did not live up to.

  3. Re:Fair Test? by sprouty76 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Shuffle won't make any difference to the HD usage - the order of the tracks is decided when the user hits play. Either way, the iPod knows well in advance which tracks it's going to play and can cache them accordingly.

    Skipping is the real killer for battery life in my experience. People who just play everything and skip through stuff they don't want probably get much worse battery life than people who create sensible playlists.

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  4. Re:That's cool! by FreeBSDbigot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some Palm PDAs, like my IIIc, don't have user-replaceable batteries, though I've seen third-party batteries (complete with screwdriver!) on Ebay. So far, it still holds a charge. I've got my fingers crossed.

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  5. Re:That's cool! by FLAGGR · · Score: 4, Informative

    Originally, back with my 2G, it was almost the same cost, they changed it though after complaints. So I think you should be the one S'ing TFU.

  6. Re:That's cool! by adpowers · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'll bite. One year of expected use? Umm, even the website that sparked this whole discussion claimed 18 months of use. Mine has been going for over two years and can still hold quite a bit of charge. It is less than when I bought it, but it still is quite usable.

  7. Re:That's cool! by nvrrobx · · Score: 4, Informative

    So much for using my mod points.

    I have a Braun 7000-series Synchro razor. It looks pretty damned sealed to me. I'm not going to go suing Braun when the battery dies.

    My laptop's battery *is* user replaceable (Dell Inspiron 4150), for $120. I think the $50 iPod battery replacement isn't THAT bad, in the long run.