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The actual quote from Apple's iPod FAQ is "The iPod battery was not designed to be replaced by the user." That is quite different from your "IS NOT to be replaced by the user." In fact, immediately after Apple's statement, Apple links to several 3rd party companies that replace the battery AND links to a page with instructions on how to do it yourself. That makes your statement wrong.

Except that, when you open the iPod case, yourself, you void the warranty. Talk about ridiculous designs.

Ridiculous. The price of any consumer good is determined by a willing seller and a willing buyer, They agree if the price is right or not. Over 14,000,000 willing buyers have voted and disagreed with you... and that was before Apple introduced three lower priced models.

You misinterpreted what LVD is saying. He's saying that, given the competition, the iPod is overpriced. That is factually accurate -- but it remains to be seen whether price is a significant enough factor to preserve or suppress Apple market share. You may not realize this but Apple knows that it has saturated the MP3 player market, though, and its introduction of lower-priced models is a half-hearted response. Face it: Apple never met a market that it couldn't price itself out of. The same will be true of iPod. And it's a shame.

Except that, when you open the iPod case, yourself, you void the warranty. Talk about ridiculous designs.

WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A STUPID THING? Apple will replace your battery for no charge (including shipping, both ways) if your battery dies while the warranty is still in effect.

You misinterpreted what LVD is saying. He's saying that, given the competition, the iPod is overpriced. That is factually accurate -- but it remains to be seen whether price is a significant enough factor to preserve or suppress Apple market share. You may not realize this but Apple knows that it has saturated the MP3 player market, though, and its introduction of lower-priced models is a half-hearted response. Face it: Apple never met a market that it couldn't price itself out of. The same will be true of iPod. And it's a shame.

You are such a Microsoftie you cannot even give Apple kudos where they have earned them. IF the iPod were overpriced, people would stop buying them and buy the competition's player. Apple is still having trouble meeting demand...

Apple has sold 14,000,000 iPods up to mid January... in a world populated by 5,000,000,000 people - that is approaching 3 tenths of one percent of the populations. Now before you point out that not everyone of 5 billion will want or buy an iPod, it shows how idiotic your claim of a saturated market really is.

Apple has expanded and differentiating its line of iPods. They are still selling every iPod they can make... and inventories are not climbing as they would in a "saturated market" . Instead demand is increasing after three years.

Your even more idiotic claim that Apple is pricing itself out of this "saturated market" by offering lower priced iPods is absurd on its face.