Your information is wildly inaccurate. That's undoubtedly why you gave this cursory denial, followed by three paragraphs of changing the subject. The iPod replacement batteries are readily available, they come with instructions on opening the case, and your intimidation by the battery-changing procedure does not reflect on the intelligence or abilities of anyone else attempting it. If you require a dumbed-down battery-changing procedure, great.
As for the iPod, it is as easy as changing the battery on a cordless phone.
You keep repeating that statement even though it is factually incorrect.
The iPod replacement batteries are readily available
I made no comment about availablity. Crack is also readily available.
your intimidation by the battery-changing procedure does not reflect on the intelligence or abilities of anyone else attempting it
You AppleHeads sure do like personal insults. All I said is you have to dissect the Ipod and this voids the warrant. For many users, the Ipod ends up being disposable or your $300 Ipod will cost $400 to operate over two years (maybe three). Spin all you want, Apple made an MP3 player that is twice as expensive as others and it was not designed for the user to replace the battery (very poor design of a portable device). It sure looks like - based on its design - Apple was hoping you will be buying Ipods over and over.
If you got lots of money to burn, by all means buy an Ipod. Half the storage and twice the price is a small price to pay for the little Apple logo.