I was thinking of the Apple Battery replacement program as a road to an inexpensive upgrade for people with early model iPods or flaky iPods. For $60 your first generation iPod becomes a more modern one.
On 10/21/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If this is a battery issue there may be an inexpensive way to get a > >replacement. Apples battery replacement plan costs $59 + $6.95 for > >the replacement of out of warranty iPod batteries. > > If you shop around you can find replacement batteries for $20 to $30 > depending on model. They are not all that hard to replace yourself. I > have seen offers to install for a $10 surcharge. > > >They say this is a replacement for a battery whose life has dropped by > >50%. I haven't tried it but I'm curious as to what does come back. > > The new batteries have greater capacity so after replacement the iPod is > better than new. I replaced my battery once. The iPod I got in 2001 is > used almost every day and still works great. I have dropped it only a few > times. > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
