My family has iPods - - lot's of them! So I thought it might be cool to make my iPod Family bumper sticker, you know, like the ones you see on all those soccer mom SUVs that show Dad, Mom, their super kids and all their special pets??? Well, here it is!
One Nano went MIA, if you see it let me know! Two of them are dead (sad faces). They are iPod Videos - 5th Generation with 30 gigabyte hard drives. Since the units won't power up, the batteries are immediately suspect. I decided the first step was to see if I could open the units up. After a quick Google search, I saw that many sites offer the batteries for cheap with a nifty tool to help open the iPod case without destroying it. I also read somewhere in Google-land that a guitar pick is an option many have said worked to help open the case too, so guess what? I found a guitar pick in the clothes dryer the other day (they all end up in the dryer for some reason), and was able to use it with no problems to open the cases. The next step is to identify a good supplier for the replacement batteries. I've seen them from $9.95 to $39.95. The price seems somewhat dependent on battery capacity (measured in millamp-hours, abbreviated mAh) and whether there is an case opener tool included. ipodjuice.com seems to have just about everything...but look around. I'll post another entry to the blog when I actually get around to ordering and replacing the batteries.
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