Breathe New Life Into Your Dead iPod 43
FreakyControl writes "Popular Science is running an article this month about how to change that dead iPod battery, along with links to sites that have other cool iPod hacks. It looks like Casey Neistat figured out how to do it for them, after ruining his own during a similar attempt: 'A few weeks later, PopSci gave him another third-party battery, this time from pdasmart.com ($60), and another iPod from a staffer with the same problem. That one survived and went back to its owner. And Casey ended up spending $400 on a new one.' Looks like all you iPod people may still have hope!"
Re:Which iPod does this affect? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Which iPod does this affect? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:This is very old. (Score:5, Insightful)
Casey Neistat also screwed over some of the people who hosted his video by not posting information about the battery replacement services. The providers gave him the hosting on the condition that Casey would give a balanced viewpoint on the problem and would link to the replacement programs.
I don't understand why this is a big deal... (Score:5, Insightful)
Not the 10+ hours on a iPod for 50$ from a 3rd party.
Yes, I know why the time differences are there, but I'm just saying, we're already paying how much for new laptop batteries? How is this different? Because it requires more heavy-lifting, or is that it's the same price as a laptop battery if you send it to Apple and have them replace it, thus removing any liability for destroying your device that's causing unrest here?
It's not even that the iPod is a exclusive problem. How many Rio Karma battery replacements can you find at the local store?