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Ever since this past holiday season I’ve been the proud owner of an 80 gigabyte iPod classic. It’s gone with me just about everywhere: why just tell people about things like Forcery and my famous school board campaign commercial when I can show it to them, too! In addition to those and thousands of songs I’ve also put a ton of movies (the entire Star Wars saga, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Batman Begins, Sweeney Todd, Transformers, UHF just to name a few), not to mention every episode of Lost, along with several clips from Sesame Street and individual Garfield and Friends cartoons. And hundreds of photos, too.

So yeah, my iPod classic has become an indispensable part of my mobile persona. And I haven’t had to face the problem yet, but the eventual lessening of my iPod’s battery charge has been on my ...

I might have to get an iPod now after all.

Numerous times on this blog, I’ve written about how the biggest thing keeping me from getting an iPod is that they don’t have user-replaceable batteries. Which is “bass-ackwards” ‘cuz Apple could be making a fortune by selling spare batteries. Because especially with a power-guzzling thing like an iPod (especially in video mode) it makes sense that consumers should be able to slap in a freshly-charged battery during a long plane ride or elsewhere that a power socket isn’t readily available. But Apple still seems loathe to take this simple, yet potentially very profitable, measure. Oh sure, Apple does have a battery-replacement program… but it charges around $70 and then they don’t even guarantee that you’ll get your original iPod back!

Then I happened to find this news story about a company called iPodjuice.com. For $29 you send in your ...

iPod classic owners can finally get a new battery (WITHOUT hurting their iPod!)

Company gives iPod battery service that Apple should be providing