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The iPod Battery - Power Source Challenge

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

As an electronic device, the iPod is truly impressive. However, if there is a single challenge to this MP3 player, it is the iPod’s battery. Unfortunately, iPod’s are pretty well known for having an even lower capacity than what the specs show in regards to the iPod’s battery, which is pretty lacking, compared to various other MP3 players on the market. If you’re a diehard fan of the iPod, even the iPod’s battery issue is not likely to make you pick another MP3 player over the iPod.

Theoretically, you’re supposed to get up to 20 hours of audio for the video iPod after using your ipod charger on it. However most reviews have shown that it typically provides less than 15 hours of audio play. In the real world, it probably gets even less than that. Additionally, to date the iPod battery is not user replaceable. You might want to try one of these options if you’re looking to extend your iPods battery life. An interesting site to check out this type of information is ipodbatterfaq .com, which goes into great detail of many aspects regarding your specific iPod battery in model.

Alternative power sources

One place you might also want to check out is sonnettech .com, we can get a good look at the Sonnet Company’s Volta, which is in the external rechargeable battery pack specifically made for the video iPod. It’s relatively thin, so you don’t have to worry about your iPod becoming horribly bulky or ungainly. It will project slightly out towards the bottom with the LED indicators are located which show the status of the battery pack, and it will add just a small amount of additional length and width.

It seems well worth it, as the Volta, which has a rechargeable lithium-polymer battery for your iPod, can provide audio play of up to 80 hours and provide video play of up to 16 hours! The Volta external battery packs retail for $69.95 at the sonnettech .com website.

Other kinds of external battery packs exist, some using regular alkaline batteries to juice up your iPod, but the Sonnet Volt is one of the better choices out there. A while back, some people actually replaced the batteries themselves (instructions were even available online), but chances are that most people don’t want to take this option. Fortunately, Apple eventually goes together and does offer battery replacement now. So don’t worry too much, and just enjoy your iPod without fretting over your battery.

Volta Ext Battery for 5G Ipod Ext Docking Pack For 5G Video Ipod
Price: $39.32 USD