I sense an Apple iPod zealot. I was using worst case of $1.25 for a single AAA purchased at retail. In fact one can buy 12-packs for substantially less that $1.00 per AAA, or a top of the line charger with 4 or 8 included rechargable 2000ma AAAs for less than $50.00 (good for 300 to 400 charges).
In any case my point was simply that the iPod Nano is not the only MP3 player out there, nor is there anything new or advanced about it.
If you want to argue that case, have at it.
And, no, I don't use my MP3 player 8 hours a day, 7 days a week.
I don't even own one. Or any MP3 player.
As to the price of the battery, I merely used YOUR figure. I'm glad you can get your batteries for less than a $1.25.
It was you who jumped into the conversation with a new iPod owner (not the Nano) who had been told by a salesman at Best Buy that she would have to replace the battery every six months and was inquiring if that were true. I merely gave her the facts... that it might cost her at most $59 every couple years and at least less than $20. Useful information concerning her purchase.
You provided information on a product she didn't buy... on a thread that is not about your product... but that hardly makes me an "iPod zealot."