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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."

3 of 293 comments (clear)

  1. Probably wont hurt them much... by Iscariot_ · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As most people will never hear about this, or simply forget to get their cash in time.

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    Go here for teh [sic] funny.
  2. Swappable & Death by Kynmore · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is why built in batteries are bad! Not only does it screw the customer, it screws the manuf. in the end. Not that $15m is alot Apple, but still, it's a big damn drop of water in that bucket. They should use cellphone-style batteries. Keep an extra charged, jus tincase you stuck in the desert and need a soundtrack to your death-martch to the next gas station. Oh no, your batteries died, but wait, you have an extra one. pop. more music to die by.

  3. Re:That's cool! by hawkbug · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I think the problem here is that you can't change the battery yourself. Try to name a product in the last 15 years that you can't change it yourself - I'm having a hard time coming up with one. Here's a short list of the products in which you can, it just makes sense:
    1. Laptops
    2. Cellphones
    3. Cars
    4. Walkmans & Discmans from the 80's and 90's
    5. Walkie Talkie's
    6. Flashlights
    7. Cordless phones
    And I could go on.... and it's no big deal that Apple uses batteries that recharge, I love that they do - but the fact that you can't change them just plain sucks. To this day, I can't figure out why they did that. I still bought one, but I'm dreading the day the battery fails on me. I know there are web pages that describe how to do it myself, but I'm leary about prying apart a $300 device.