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Ilithiam battaries in I Pods and other things...
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alright, so I was at Future Shop a few days ago with a friends who was looking into buying an I Pod. Now, I have lots of friends who already have I Pods, but this was the first time I was in the store when someone was purchasing one...
... she was going to get an I Pod Mini, but as she was about to buy it the guy who worked at the Future Shop told us that the ilithiam batteries die after a year or two (depending on use)...
now, yes, we all know that battaries run out of juice and die, and ilithiam batteries are rechargable and built right in... so when the battery dies you have to send it back to either the store that you got the I Pod from, or to Apple themselves...
what the thing is, is that if you send it to apple, you have to pay them for them to replace the battery, and the result is that you loose all your songs, or if you pay them twice as much than you get a new battery and they save your songs...
seams like a huge ripoff. for a person like myself who travels around a lot and doesn't have money for a computer and internet hook up, if i was to get an ipod, the songs on it would be it, there would be no computer at home with the backup songs.
i think you understand what i'm trying to say so i'm done.
FUCK THE WORLD!
Darryl Hunt
sure has rained a lot over the past few months.
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Thats one of the reasons iPods suck, Get the creative micro which is smaller and cheaper. It also has a removable battery so all you have to do is just by a replacement one and sometimes you can have to on hand so when one runs out you can use the other
Chris
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Have a JIBARITO!
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as with any ipod, it's a good idea to have your songs backed up on a computer. in fact, i think most people should see it the other way; the ipod is backing up songs on the computer. it just makes more sense. as for the battery, you're pretty much screwed with an ipod mini, but on regular ipods i was able to replace the battery myself for $25 without losing any music.
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its really not that big of a deal, i have friends who have had ipods since they came out and are still on their first battery
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-Cam
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all u do is buy a new battery then u get a guitar pick and go around the middle of the ipod to open it then once u get it opened u take one ribbon off then take the old battery out put the new one in then reatach the ribbon and put housing back on and its all good...ive seen it done before and i would have no problem doin it.
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whoa shit ur back mike hunt
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-Alex-
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hey Darryl, whats up man, what are you guys doing this winter? last time I saw you, you were blasted on mushrooms renting sponge bob square pants.
anyway like the other dude said the creative ones are dope, havent regreted mine yet, and like he said if the battery dies, just pop it out and get a new one.
CTC - we dope!
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no ive seen 4th gen. ipod batteries get fucked up....i dont think that dudes right at that store tho..well maybe about ipod but about those batteries there used in most phones and i never shut mine off and it will last for however long i want it to...i mean im sure some people have like 3+ year old phones that still work fine
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my mini is well past the 2 year mark and the battery is still kickin...i've never seen anyone have problems with ipods except my brother who just keeps breaking them, but that's because he drops shit like none other
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