donp wrote:
AFAIK Ipod was the first mp3 player with sealed batteries so lead the way for this type of design.
True. I even remember the ‘outrage’ voiced by people over this. You could send the player in and Apple would replace the battery (or give you a complete re-furbed unit), but you couldn’t replace it yourself.
Nonetheless . . . it didn’t slow down their sales any. The fact that the Pod is #1 in the market year after year implies that the majority of people want smaller, thinner devices and don’t really care that much about battery life, whether the battery is standard or even replaceable at all. They just want their tunes . . . at any price.
