don't know if anybody has seen or heard this about iPod batteries
Yeah the early generation batteries were a pile of pants. The 4gen (12 hours) , mini (8 hours) and Photo (15 hours) ones are good though.
There is a replacement programme for the early models, a guarantee in the new ones and a load of third party support now. Its an old issue.
Besides which for me if I go anywhere far away I take my firewire equiped laptop with me to charge from. Its mianly for long car trips (car charger)
As for the Photo , Its just too expensive at the moment for my pocket.
I'm getting very excited, though I'm not allowed to open it till christmas. Which as I'm scheduled to be downroute all day could be a bit of a bummer.