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Originally Posted by Halcyon
As for the battery, I've also been reading how they fail after 18 months and that its either a do it yourself job where you buy yourself a battery and have to take the pod to bits, or send it back to Apple for about £80.
What Im ideally looking for is a good battery pack that could be added onto the pod when the battery finally never recharges anymore.
There are some available but they are bulky and dont look very nice.
I guess I'l wait and see.
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Belkin do a strap-on battery pack which takes standard AA's which is about £45 although I've seen them going on eBay for about half that.
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Originally Posted by Scott
Sorry but IMO, the IPod is a total rip off. My Sony Atract3Plus CD-Player cost me £100, stores 600 songs on 1 CD, and lasts 86 hours when using alkaline batteries (36 on rechargebles, which you get with it) not to mention you get a nice LCD in-line control with it.
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Each to their own I guess, but I would say that you're comparing apples with pears here. If you were comparing the iPod with the new Sony portable HDD music player then fair enough, but I still think the 'Pod would win on every count against that - especially the looks department.
You're not just paying for the components, you're paying for the design - the reason why Van Goughs sell for far more than Ikea prints!