nick’s (n)-line life

Bad company, bad! Serves them right, another success for consumer power. I wonder if we’ll be getting a similar judgement in the UK soon, after all there’s a hell of a lot of those things around! [Sometimes it seems like it's just me without one, woe is me :) ]

Apple to offer $50 credit in iPod suit | Tech News on ZDNet

Published on ZDNet News: June 2, 2005, 4:28 PM PT

Apple Computer has agreed to settle several class action suits over the battery life of its popular iPod portable music players, offering extended service warranties and $50 store credits to consumers who lodged complaints.
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The legal dispute began in 2003, when eight consumers in California and New York filed suits alleging that Apple had misrepresented the durability of its iPod batteries when it claimed they would last the lifetime of the device and would power uninterrupted play for up to 10 hours. Many found that the batteries held their charge for only four or five hours of continuous play.
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Battery failure, as defined by the settlement, means that the device’s capacity to hold a charge has dropped to four hours or less of continuous play in third-generation iPods and five hours or less in first- and second-generation devices.