Posted by Alan Baker on 12/26/59 11:32

In article <0001HW.BFA507130160002CF0488550@news.verizon.net>,
Lefty Bigfoot <nunya@busyness.info> wrote:

> Alan Baker wrote
> (in article <alangbaker-991C9C.14213519112005@news.telus.net>):
>
>
> >>> Why not look it up on Apple's *website*?
> >>
> >> Because commercial websites lie, particularly about battery
> >> life. It's well-known that battery life estimates, particularly
> >> for the iPod, but more generally just about everywhere, are
> >> inflated.
> >
> > Fine. But you can get an *idea* from looking at them, can't you?
>
> You get an *idea* what Apple claims they should be, yes.
>
> > <http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html>
> >
> > Battery life
> >
> > 30GB: Up to 14 hours of music playback; up to 3 hours of slideshows with
> > music; up to 2 hours of video playback
> >
> > 60GB: Up to 20 hours of music playback; up to 4 hours of slideshows with
> > music; up to 3 hours of video playback"
>
> Right. Now factor in display brightness, and even recently a
> rumor that turning on multiple "clocks" in your iPod (for
> various time zones) will cause performance issues (and likely
> more battery drain), and you can guess that battery life is
> highly variable. plus, battery life when new is not going to
> reflect what it will be months down the road.

Whatever.

What I'm saying is why ask the question without first checking on the
basics.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

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