[CUBE] iPod battery life

[Hal]

I still have my original 5Gb iPod and use it exclusively with my Cube. 
I'm still getting around 5 hours of battery life, sometimes more. I 
don't use it everyday though, maybe 2-3 times per week.

-Hal


On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 03:32 PM, Laurie A Duncan wrote:

> My original 5GB iPod gets about 6 hours "normal" use for me. Of course
> normal use for me is using the dial and the backlight a lot, so I feel 
> the
> battery life is about what it should be. When it's cold, however, the
> battery life drop to about 3 hours, which is also normal with these 
> units.
>
> As for the charging, I mostly charge my iPod with the wall charger, 
> since I
> don't add new things to my itunes library all that often, so I don't 
> need to
> sync it very often - however, there's never been any difference in 
> battery
> life when it's charged from the Cube or from the wall, or from my 
> iBook for
> that matter.
>
> Laurie
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> On 2/11/03 6:21 PM, mentholiptus at mac.com typeth:
>
>> Does anyone out there have problems with your iPod not holding a 
>> charge?
>>
>> I'm on my 2nd replacement iPod (the first wouldn't hold more than a 2
>> hr charge at most, the second wouldn't mount on ANY mac I plugged it
>> into, and I plugged it into many, plus it wouldn't hold a charge).
>>
>> Now this one is barely playing for more than 10 minutes to 1 hour 
>> after
>> a full charge, and it's driving me nuts...I'm starting to wonder if
>> it's because it's being used with a Cube, or if it's just a battery
>> issue.
>>
>> Anyone have any stories/suggestions?