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Subject: Re: ipodsdirtysecret

Re: ipodsdirtysecret

From: David McIntyre <plugh_at_mudbarn.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 12:56:11 -0800

http://www.ipodbattery.com/

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 08:00:43PM +0100, roland wrote:
> hi david,
> > Newer model iPods have replaceable batteries.
> can you tell me, where this information is from?
> on
> http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html
> it seems it`s still "builtin".
> are there newer models advertised, which offer this feature?
>
> regards
> roland
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David McIntyre" <plugh_at_mudbarn.com>
> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: ipodsdirtysecret
>
>
> > Newer model iPods have replaceable batteries.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 10:46:55PM +0100, roland wrote:
> > > hi!
> > >
> > > this guy is cool - respect! :)
> > >
> > > couldn`t that be archos fm`s,v2`s and all that damn
> > > "didn`t make that battery replaceable"-hardware-shit`s
> > > dirty secret, too?
> > > :D
> > > sometimes i really would like to kick a hardware engineer`s
> > > ass for designing such idiotic stuff.(or better: the chief,
> > > who made him doing so)
> > >
> > > *KICK*
> > > for apple
> > > (actually just one kick for them, because i don`t buy an ipod, anyway)
> > > *DOUBLE KICK*
> > > for archos
> > > errrr.
> > > not enough
> > > *KICK KICK KICK KICK KICK......*
> > > (and even more for all the others)
> > > :D
> > >
> > > shouldn`t we start another online petition?
> > > "dear hardwar manufacturers - please keep in mind, that a
> > > battery should be a user-exchangeable part in ANY device!".....
> > >
> > > bad enough, that replacement cells have astronomical pricing - now it seems
> > > trendy to go a step further and even won`t let users change them anymore..... :(
> > >
> > > Standard AA`s NIMH`s are at 2200mah now - that SHOULD really be enough for most
> > > uses, and if it isn`t, i buy some more - ok?
> > > And if size matters - what the hell is so difficult about doing "standard sized"
> > > LithiumIO cells ? aaahh - ok - doing standards isn`t trendy nowadays! this really
> > > makes me sick! :(
> > >
> > > regards
> > > roland
> > >
> > > PS:
> > > ....just remembering to dallas RTC chip on former MoBo`s.
> > > battery empty? no problem - just get ur soldering iron, throw that
> > > working chip in thrash and replace the RTC chip as a whole....
> > > *aaaaaarrrrrrgh*
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Holger Lembke" <holger_at_hlembke.de>
> > > To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 3:33 PM
> > > Subject: FYA: ipodsdirtysecret
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Holger Lembke Keep your Mailbox SPAM free:
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> > > >
> >
> > --
> > David McIntyre plugh_at_mudbarn.com http://www.mudbarn.com
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> >

-- 
David McIntyre         plugh_at_mudbarn.com        http://www.mudbarn.com
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http://www.mudbarn.com/~plugh/plughinfo.txt for geek code, pgp key, etc. 
Received on 2003-12-04

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