| You are walking along, listening to your favorite | | | | happens, it is time to change the iPod battery. |
| tunes when your iPod shuts down. You go home | | | | Now, you may be asking yourself why your iPod |
| to charge it up, and after a few hours, you are | | | | does not use conventional batteries. Here is the |
| ready to go. You pop in your headphones, turn it | | | | answer: find any size battery in your home and |
| on and...nothing. Your iPod battery has died. | | | | try to place it in your iPod. You will soon figure |
| Now before you shake your fist in anger or | | | | out why lithium ion is the weapon of choice for |
| frustration, it is good to understand why your | | | | iPod mini batteries. They are smaller, longer lasting, |
| iPod mini battery has kicked the bucket. It might | | | | and have the juice to power today's |
| not be of much consolation now, but knowing | | | | high-performance devices. |
| how iPod batteries work is always useful | | | | When an iPod battery dies, you can easily |
| information to have. | | | | purchase an iPod mini battery replacement kit, |
| Your iPod uses a lithium ion battery. That is not | | | | instead of purchasing an entirely new unit. |
| the round kind found in a flashlight. Rather, it is a | | | | According to Apple, iPods are designed to last for |
| light, thin battery that is more powerful than | | | | years to come. |
| conventional batteries. Using your device causes | | | | Therefore, the key to long iPod battery life is to |
| the battery to drain - simple enough. However, | | | | only charge it when you have to. And remember, |
| every time you charge your iPod battery, it loses | | | | dead iPod batteries are those that won't hold any |
| some of its total charge. Over time, it will simply | | | | charge at all. An iPod battery with some charge |
| run out of power and you will have to replace the | | | | left can hold some charge can still be useful, but |
| iPod battery with an iPod battery replacement kit. | | | | you will still want to consider purchasing an iPod |
| Let us say that an iPod mini battery holds enough | | | | replacement kit. |
| power to play for one hour. After an hour, it dies | | | | Also keep in mind that when your iPod mini |
| out, so you charge it again. It is now full, but | | | | battery does die, it requires a proper funeral inside |
| instead of an hour, it only plays 59 minutes. Over | | | | a proper container. No, you don't need to buy a |
| time and repeated charges, the battery simply | | | | casket and a plot, but you do need to adhere to |
| cannot hold a charge any more. Once that | | | | local laws when it comes to battery disposal. |