[kpne1home]

This seems to be the case for the next ipod. I hope that HP will do something with the battery in the ipod. For some info go here http://www.macrumors.com/ They have a couple articles about it.

[OperaMan]

I noticed that the article says summer, which is quite a ways away. I'm thinking that Apple might revamp the entire iPod line by then, leaving HP to stay with the old inexpensive/less featureful 3rd gen. That would leave Apple open to make their iPods pro-level, with all those features that everyone has been drooling over.

[Nebrie]

There's not really anything that anyone can do about the battery, battery technology just hasn't kept up with electronics. The only thing Apple can do is find a slightly better supplier or increase the battery size. Either way, it will only make the price go up.

[Wiskedjak]

Originally posted by Nebrie:
There's not really anything that anyone can do about the battery, battery technology just hasn't kept up with electronics. The only thing Apple can do is find a slightly better supplier or increase the battery size. Either way, it will only make the price go up.

A consumer removable/replacable battery would be nice.