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Battery Life iPod 5G vs 5.5G

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AlexP:
www.rockbox.org/wiki/BuyersGuide

themaiday:
Not the first time I look at this guide and end up with an iPod..
Can I buy the original iPod batteries somewhere?
Or are the batteries of www.ipodjuice.com recommendable?

Zardoz:
iPod batteries are 2-a-penny. Not literally but easy to find. I got a refurbished ('shop-grade') 80GB ipod about 3 months ago and I get between 14 and 19+ hours playback, of music only, with rockbox. I've never once used the apple firmware. The only problems I've had regard large playlist management (make, save and display) which can drain the battery very quickly in my experience. Based on what I've read on these forums, I'd go for an iRiver H3xx or Toshiba Gigabeat if I were you - both are 'mature' targets and have some unique features. The Toshiba has for instance a very fast processor and large screen. For pure battery life, I'd go with the Cowon M5L - indisputably the longest living. I can vouch for cowon iAudio as I had a X5L for about 3 years and it both lasted long and sounded good. All are probably hard enough to come by, iPod 5.5 probably least so (?) Here's where I got mine www.deviltronics.com 

keep the faith

z

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