Perhaps you may have seen the Internet film iPod’s Dirty Secret. Or maybe you saw the resulting doctered iPod posters around town with “IPOD”S UNREPLACABLE BATTERY ONLY LASTS 18 MONTHS” stenciled over them. If you missed these things, you may not know that iPods, although one of the greatest modern inventions, soon turn into very expensive paperweights.
As a direct result of the film (good job, Neistat Brothers!) Apple started a battery replacement program, but it’s a raw deal. The cost is $99 and you receive another refurbished iPod in two weeks. All your songs and files are gone. That sucks and I’m a little pissed off right now.
If anyone knows of other options, please email me. If you don’t have an iPod, enjoy the schadenfreude.
Update from Chrissy, more info on iPod batteries and cheaper replacement options.
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