My iPod died this afternoon, it was 1 year and 29 days old. I knew this was coming. I use to go three or four days without having to recharge it, recently it wouldn’t make through a work day. I listened to it in the car, everyday at work, at the gym, at home I plugged speakers into it. I loved it. Just last night, I told Catallaxy that when it died I would get new one, but I thought I had months. So I went to look at the new iPods and started thinking that should be sensible and just get the battery replaced. I went to see about getting it repaired and then it hit me, I have only had this for a year. What kind of crap product dies after a year? I have a TV that is older than I am and an iPod can’t go 13 months. I don’t want to spend the $99 to get it repaired. I certainly do not want to buy another one and those thoughts about buying an iMac. No fucking way.

*does the solidarity fist thing*

http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/ reveals why Mac had to actually cut iPod users a deal.

Rio Karma kicks ass. I also think I found a way around the playlists not transferring.

Wow. I have a portable CD player that I bought in 1998 that only just died its permanent death. Sheesh. I had thought about buying an iPod but all things considered I think I will just continue to haul my CD collection around.

The British parliament just tabled a motion on ipod batteries. This is clearly an international crisis that outweighs any other pressing demands on their time, such as terrorism, Iraq, education, etc.

get a creative labs one instead. they have a 3 year warrenty

Condolences, I will be crushed with my ipod dies. You can buy do-it-yourself kits to replace the batteries for like $50 too. No idea if it's easy or not though.

I have had the same *slim* CASSETTE walkman for 9 years and it's still rockin' on. Luddites rule.