| You are walking along, listening to your favorite tunes | | | | more. Once that happens, it is time to change the iPod |
| when your iPod shuts down. You go home to charge it | | | | battery. |
| up, and after a few hours, you are ready to go. You | | | | Now, you may be asking yourself why your iPod does |
| pop in your headphones, turn it on and...nothing. Your | | | | not use conventional batteries. Here is the answer: find |
| iPod battery has died. | | | | any size battery in your home and try to place it in |
| Now before you shake your fist in anger or frustration, | | | | your iPod. You will soon figure out why lithium ion is the |
| it is good to understand why your iPod mini battery | | | | weapon of choice for iPod mini batteries. They are |
| has kicked the bucket. It might not be of much | | | | smaller, longer lasting, and have the juice to power |
| consolation now, but knowing how iPod batteries work | | | | today's high-performance devices. |
| is always useful information to have. | | | | When an iPod battery dies, you can easily purchase |
| Your iPod uses a lithium ion battery. That is not the | | | | an iPod mini battery replacement kit, instead of |
| round kind found in a flashlight. Rather, it is a light, thin | | | | purchasing an entirely new unit. According to Apple, |
| battery that is more powerful than conventional | | | | iPods are designed to last for years to come. |
| batteries. Using your device causes the battery to | | | | Therefore, the key to long iPod battery life is to only |
| drain - simple enough. However, every time you | | | | charge it when you have to. And remember, dead |
| charge your iPod battery, it loses some of its total | | | | iPod batteries are those that won't hold any charge at |
| charge. Over time, it will simply run out of power and | | | | all. An iPod battery with some charge left can hold |
| you will have to replace the iPod battery with an iPod | | | | some charge can still be useful, but you will still want to |
| battery replacement kit. | | | | consider purchasing an iPod replacement kit. |
| Let us say that an iPod mini battery holds enough | | | | Also keep in mind that when your iPod mini battery |
| power to play for one hour. After an hour, it dies out, | | | | does die, it requires a proper funeral inside a proper |
| so you charge it again. It is now full, but instead of an | | | | container. No, you don't need to buy a casket and a |
| hour, it only plays 59 minutes. Over time and repeated | | | | plot, but you do need to adhere to local laws when it |
| charges, the battery simply cannot hold a charge any | | | | comes to battery disposal. |