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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Battery life isn't really that key for most people. Chargers are small these days and there are outlets most everywhere.
If they can get the battery life around 6-8 hours it will be fine for most people's usage.
Of course, it would be great to be better, but battery technology just isn't there to have super long life with LCD touch screens yet. I'm no apple fan (hate the iPod line--does less and costs more), but I wouldn't blame them on that front. It's just that batteries are one area of technology that is advancing too slowly industry wide.
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I took a trip to Scotland in December. If I only had 6-8 hours of reading time, I would not be happy when the battery dies and I am not near an outlet. Sure I can carry along something to top up the battery, but I should not need to. The iPhone/iPod Touch would eat way way too much power to be useful for serious reading. Apple has nice toys that don't have decent batteries. That's the real issue. The other issue I have with Apple is the antiquted music formats on the iPods. Sometime this summer I will get a Cowon portable music player that plays FLAC & OGG and has very nice battery life and better sound quality for a lot less then an iPod goes for.