[CUBE] iPod battery life

[akiang at att.net]

if you charge the battery using the Cube, unplug it at 11:59pm and plug it back 
in at 12:01am.  there's something about midnight that resets the clock on the 
iPod if it's hooked up to a computer.

i found that my iPod gets slightly better battery mileage by reverting to 1.1 
(pre-clock and equalizer).  still, the battery will be completely drained if 
left unused for a week (no dead battery icon even) but will get about 5-8 hours 
on a full charge.

my 5 GB iPod is old and has gone through considerable use though -- i bought 
mine in november 2001 and used it about 20-40 hours a week for a year before i 
got my a 20-gig.



> If I charge up the battery using the Cube, the clock resets and I seem 
> to have limited battery life.  If I let it run down completely and 
> recharge using the AC adapter, the clock does not work and the unit has 
> much longer battery life.  some say a reset does the same thing.  I 
> tried it while still connected to the cube and it re-synced and didn't 
> kill the clock.  We'll see.
>