ipod charging questions

The best way to figure out your iPod's battery time under normal usage is, well, to use it, and see how long it lasts. That'll give you a fair idea of how long each bar goes, or whether each bar lasts equally long, etc.

I've found that having a good overall idea of battery life as well as an idea of how long it lasts after the last bar is gone is good enough (for me, ten hours and up to a half-hour, respectively).

 

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ive got the first gen 5gig... and i swear my bottom battary bar lasts for like 8 hours while the first three last for 30min apiece... maybe thats just me...

 

Is the iPod like lots of other doodads in that if you don't let the battery run down, the life gets shorter and shorter?

 

I have heard that this is true. Although it is hard to let it run down when I need to sync due to new music and or updates to my iCal settings.... usually once I have it plugged in I forget about it. I do think that the new iPods are intelligent enough to know when they have had enough, charge that is, I could be wrong and if I am, that should be the next feature.

My wife's iPod has run down a few times but that is only because she is not so anal about syncing and updating her playlists.

 

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I have the 1st Gen 5gig too .. but mine doesn't even GET to 1 bar - it dies on 2 bars, sometimes even on 3 !!

Fantastically annoying, to say the least...

 

The iPods, even when charged, run through a cycle to make sure that they are powered to the full. This is a common practice in many different forms of re-chargable batteries. This is why it appears to be still charging. If you turn it on you will see that it is in fact fully charged.

 

I leave mine plugged in all the time, that is when it is not in use. I find that I get more use out of it that way. Leaving it unplugged only one night zapps about one hour I could have used for musical entertainment.