Seen them. They're wrong.
And they're not hard-wired. They have a tiny plug, like a cordless phone.
Both of these batteries are under $30.
Your information is wildly inaccurate.
Make that $200+ to replace the hard-wired battery which can only be surgically removed (unless they redesigned the ipod since last Christmas). There are I HATE IPODS websites out there - look them up. The Creative Nomad battery is really replaceable - the top pops open and you can go to Best Buy and get a new one (or pay twice as much for half the disk space and get yourself an ipod comrade and if you have any WMV files you are SOL)
Seen them. They're wrong.
And they're not hard-wired. They have a tiny plug, like a cordless phone.
Both of these batteries are under $30.
Your information is wildly inaccurate.
False again. It's less than $100 to replace the battery through Apple, and the average battery life is better than 3 years. The 18 month figure is for constant use. Or, if you're technically inclined at all, you can put a new battery in yourself for $50.
Are you truly as ignorant as you appear or do you really like spreading false information?
It has been posted on FreeRepublic MANY times that the iPod battery can be replaced... do it yourself for about $30, third party techs for about $50-$60, or send it to Apple and they will send do it for you for $99. (actually, they send you a refurbished iPod loaded with your music from your old one.) ... or you buy a $59 Applecare policy for your iPod and Apple replaces it for free.
Or the top pops open when you don't want it to and there's nothing holding your battery in. It's funny you mentioned the cover, because broken battery covers are a very common Nomad complaint -- a problem the iPod cannot have due to its design.
This is exactly one of the design trade-offs I mentioned earlier. Nomad: Easily replaceable battery, easily broken battery cover. iPod: Harder to replace battery, no battery cover to break. The iPod is more durable, an important feature on a portable music player.