[Nobody]

Are they saying they would rather buy new plain non rechargable batteries every 24 hours?

[lkalliance]

No, they're saying that Apple is forcing you to shell out an extra $250 for a problem that is unavoidable. They are making some leaps of logic:
(1) The cost is $250 plus shipping (it's not...it's $100 via Apple, less via third parties)
(2) The battery will run down in 18 months, guaranteed (not guaranteed, just as far as we know just their one iPod).
So their claim is to use an iPod is guaranteed $250 out of your pocket every 18 months (I wonder if they've compared that to begin with against battery replacement on competing products?)

[d00d]

In reply to:

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Some people claim that rechargable li-ion batties do tend to die after about two or three years regardless of how often you charge -- I don't know if I believe that, as my Wallstreet G3 has its original battery from 5 years ago that still keeps a charge. (Not a full charge, but a charge nonetheless.)

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The battery in my Pismo died recently after 3+ years, but I regularly put the battery through its paces and drained the battery a couple times with 10.0 (whose sleep function wasn't really sleep I discovered). At any rate, 3 years is even twice the length of time the maker of the filmed claimed. Considering the new battery replacement price, I'm inclined to just ignore him.

[ViolentGreen]

What's this big facination with the equal sign now? The general usage of it ( like "Microsoft=Evil" ) annoys me to no end but this "ipodsdirtylittlesecret.com = is this true?" makes even less sense.

[Duke_Thomas]

I think what you meant to say was "= = stupid". /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[jbouklas]

I have read that the iPod battery dies not long after a year and a half, maybe two years. Apple just started offering AppleCare for iPod. It's $60, extends your coverage to 3 years, and you can buy it if your iPod is within its 1 year warranty. I might do that for my iPod.
-Jim

[ERS]

$49 iPod Battery:

http://ipodbattery.com

[d00d]

Linkage
iPodsdirtysecret.com is purely for self-promotion. They have no interest in spreading information about the battery replacement program, the true nature of the iPod's battery, or about even cheaper solutions for replacing the battery. The above article is a good read, as is the More Info link on it.

[TempleOwls]

I hope Apple sues the "Brothers" for defacing Apple property. It is no different then spray painting the side of a CompUSA, Target, Gap or any other store or company about a known issue, that rechargable batteries, only charge so much for so long.
I think Apple could have the site shut down because I didnt see any copyright releases of Apple logos or products, ie. "The Apple products shown and Apple logo are property of Apple Computer, etc."
Ironic that they used QT for their movie.

[TempleOwls]

Even better I hope the RIAA goes after them for using copywrited music and wants a royality check from the scum bags, say 50,000 downloads at even $2 a pop, that will shut their little site down in a hurry. Scum Bags