It loses battery very quickly, and when it is below zero, a line forms down the center of the screen

And, of course, the battery is pure insanity

the battery is capable of)

Also if you change a lot of the factory settings, that may drain the battery as well.

Everything else is great about the player, however it will soon become a useless paperweight and landfill waste due to poor battery.

The batteries are aggravating in that they don't last very long (only about 8 hours), but other than this the iPod is fantastic

this is not a good mp3 player the hard drive fails after a year and the battery sucks it also fails pretty fast.

having purchased the IPod in May, the battery refuses to hold a charge after less than 6 months

If they determined it was w/in the 1st year and the battery was bad, they would replace the

If you want to have great functionality, buy 5 or 6 IPODs to make sure you have a good battery, put pillows all around them to eliminate damage, and have a ball.

Just like many Li-ion batteries of cellphones, the battery is going to lose its capacity by almost half after a year or two with almost certainty regardless of how careful you have been handling it.

For about $56 dollars, you can get an "extended warranty" and apple will replace the battery within 2 years if it dies.

Pros:- very sexy and clean look.- incredible sound quality, even mp3's almost sound CD quality, those little earbuds are incredible.- good battery

Great product, battery had some issues after few years of operation though...and Apple should make it "easier" to replace batteries if they can't guarantee long life ones

nice look and very easy to use but the battery

But it used to switche on automatically and drain the battery

I did get the plan to replace my batteries if they ever die from Best Buy.

I found that the once virtually non-replacable battery was now easier to replace and could even be replaced at home (battery cost is roughly $30)

If having a replacable battery is a big concern for you, then you should certainly look into buying a bigger mp3 player that you can carry in a bookbag or purse instead of in your pocket like the iPod

With its hard disk, rechargable battery, and quick connectivity to pc / mac and supremely simple interface, the ipod has become a dream audio device

And the battery life is another thing, if you set your backlight on for 2 seconds every time you touch the click wheel, your battery will drain dramatically

AND the battery dies after a year

The sound is swell, the battery is nice, and the style is just flawless!The only problem is when you have a burned or custom CD, you cannot put it on your iPod

battery never worked in this thing

more cumbersome, but i have no trouble buying AA batteries for it when i

But I will be the one to tell you that these break way too easily, the batteries are not replaceable, and there are virtually NO FEATURES AT ALL on an iPod.

Walking to and from work, the battery will die eventually (usually after a couple min of walking from work) and I am stuck listening to traffic

wheel-Holds quite a lot of songs-Pretty good battery life, quickly recharges-Backlight lights up screen-Sleep timer, contacts, to do lists and many other

It's incredibly easy to use, the iTunes software works like a charm, it has good battery life and an awesome looking backlit display

the competition against the iPod have better battery life.

Sometimes I have issues with the machine pausing on its own or not showing me a reliable battery time

So if you drained and charged your ipod EVERY SINGLE DAY, the battery might be dead after 18 months.

Just like many Li-ion batteries of cellphones, the battery is going to lose its capacity by almost half after a year or two with almost certainty regardless of how careful you have been handling it.

The other issue is the battery, which will die after 300-500 charging cycles

I also didn't like the battery

I usually get about 11-ish hours after a full recharge and without the backlight on and at medium volume.- very fast battery recharge.- seamless and fast transfers, and although Apple says that it won't work with USB 1.0, it does work (albeit at a slower transfer

Even if your battery DOES happen to die after 3 years, you CAN replace it!

Also if you change a lot of the factory settings, that may drain the battery as well.

The ipod has great sound quality and great battery life

Battery has problem, and software and hardware do not work well

However, the battery had gradually deteriorated

from the reviews i read, the battery wasn't that good and apple lied about the iPod lasting 12 hours.

I was aware the battery was bad

After a year, your battery is dead and you need to replace it with a new one

He stated that he recomended them because they do get some Ipods returned within a year with bad batteries

Then the battery dies

It wastes battery because the iPod must generate the power needed to light the screen as well as play the song

One other important thing: the iPod's battery is IRREPLACEABLE.

We got the wire and the plug to charge it, and there was even an aftermarket battery available!

I have to wait for the batteries to die before the problem corrects itself.

The battery it uses (a lithiom ion) is neat because it's rechargable

The battery was another major issue for me when i purchased my ipod

A huge hassle to bring this back; draining the battery once you get it helps, but removable/replaceable ones are a lot more

It has a lock button to keep it from coming on accidentally and draining the battery, and I find that the battery life in mine is fairly long (~3 days without a charge).There are drawbacks, of course.

The battery still works but the hard drive seems to have given up the ghost.

although at one point, if the battery on the Ipod is dead, you won't be able to listen to the Ipod until it is fully charged (to avoid this, you should charge it either every night or at least every four or five days).Unless you lose it or treat it badly, you probably won't have to replace the Ipod you already have

Realistically I prefer using replaceable battery such as a AAA for when it dies when I get off work

no fm radio or extras like that, rubbish battery life (apple seem to think that people don't want a lot of battery life to listen to their music, when the battery dies they can just stare lovingly at their ipod instead...), and when your battery finally goes completely kaput, you've got send it to apple and shell out $100

iPod scratches a

The ipod does have quirks as well such as you can't delete a playlist from the unit on the go, you can't name the on the go playlists from the unit on the go and most of all it scratches so very easily