February 28, 2004
10,000 SONGS IN YOUR POCKET
AND A HOLE WHERE $250 USED TO BE
If you haven't heard, that trendy little iPod MP3 player that Apple has been pushing has a tiny flaw: its battery only lasts 18 months and costs $250 to refurbish. At that price, the company instead recommends that you just go ahead and buy another iPod.
Oooooops.
Anyway, it seems as though some owners are less than pleased. And one of them voiced displeasure in a rather public way.
Comments
Mileage varies on iPod batteries ... I've had mine since december 2001 and it still works.
The batteries at this site go for $69 and $49:
http://www.ipodbattery.com/ipodinstall.htm.
Not exactly a breeze to replace but doable.
Posted by: tom at February 29, 2004 11:43 AM