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Series: I-Truths For An I-Pod Generation
Jeff Strite
Romans 6:3-23
OPEN: We've been talking about iPods the past few weeks, and as we've mentioned before iPods are a wondrous playthings, capable of storing and playing thousands of your personal favorite songs at the touch of button. But iPods do not magically perform this service. They need power.
Where do iPods get their power from? (batteries).
That's right, just like numerous other electric devices, iPods run on batteries. Fortunately, due to the wonder of science, iPods are powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that can play music on some iPods for up to 14 hours on a charge. And these wondrous power sources can be recharged up to 500 times and have an estimated lifespan of 3 years.
And as I was researching that information, I discovered that scientists are even working now on a new technology (nanowire batteries) that could increase the playing power of the iPod 10 times (140 hrs per charge).
You could say: the life of the iPod is its battery.
Without that battery there is no life, no power... no music.
However, as I was researching this topic online I noticed that there was one issue that some users complained a lot about? Do you think you know what that is? That's right - the durability of their iPod's batteries.
ILLUS: Back in September of 2004, Casey Neistat of New York City discovered that the battery in his 1st-generation 5-gigabyte iPod could no longer hold a charge for more than an hour. So he called Apple. Unfortunately for him, Apple basically advised him to buy a new iPod (their prices at the time ranged from $300 to $500 a piece) because they didn't have a battery replacement policy at the time. Neistat was upset. And he decided that - since Apple wasn't going to replace the battery for him, he'd do it himself. He bought an off brand battery for $50, set down to open his iPod... and promptly broke it. Now, it didn't matter what kind of battery he had, ...
Series: I-Truths For An I-Pod Generation
Jeff Strite
Romans 6:3-23
OPEN: We've been talking about iPods the past few weeks, and as we've mentioned before iPods are a wondrous playthings, capable of storing and playing thousands of your personal favorite songs at the touch of button. But iPods do not magically perform this service. They need power.
Where do iPods get their power from? (batteries).
That's right, just like numerous other electric devices, iPods run on batteries. Fortunately, due to the wonder of science, iPods are powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that can play music on some iPods for up to 14 hours on a charge. And these wondrous power sources can be recharged up to 500 times and have an estimated lifespan of 3 years.
And as I was researching that information, I discovered that scientists are even working now on a new technology (nanowire batteries) that could increase the playing power of the iPod 10 times (140 hrs per charge).
You could say: the life of the iPod is its battery.
Without that battery there is no life, no power... no music.
However, as I was researching this topic online I noticed that there was one issue that some users complained a lot about? Do you think you know what that is? That's right - the durability of their iPod's batteries.
ILLUS: Back in September of 2004, Casey Neistat of New York City discovered that the battery in his 1st-generation 5-gigabyte iPod could no longer hold a charge for more than an hour. So he called Apple. Unfortunately for him, Apple basically advised him to buy a new iPod (their prices at the time ranged from $300 to $500 a piece) because they didn't have a battery replacement policy at the time. Neistat was upset. And he decided that - since Apple wasn't going to replace the battery for him, he'd do it himself. He bought an off brand battery for $50, set down to open his iPod... and promptly broke it. Now, it didn't matter what kind of battery he had, ...
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