[geeks] Pointers for iPod battery (3rd Gen)

[Phil Stracchino]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 6:52 AM, sammy ominsky<s at avoidant.org> wrote:
>> On 16/07/2009, at 04:58, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>
>>> I've got a 40 Gig 3rd Generation iPod that needs a new battery, it
>>> looks like batteries run around $15-25 or more, with $20 being about
>>> average price for a "kit"... Anyone have any pointers to vendors they
>>> like/have worked with before?
>> I have the same iPod.  I bought the battery with tools from iFixit.  Always
>> been happy with them, even back when they were an eBay-only seller and I
> was
>> buying Wallstreet parts.
> 
> Thanks, they have a good set of instructions, and their price seems
> about the going rate ($14.95 for an 850 mAh battery), but I've seen
> 1,100 mAh replacement batteries at longlast-ipodbattery[0] (and
> others) for $19.99 shipped, and I'm leaning that way. (Nearly doubling
> the battery life for $5.04 more seems like a no-brainer, the original
> battery is 650 mAh).

I just bought a new battery for my Canon digital camera that claims
almost double the capacity of an original Canon BP511.  Granted the
battery's only been through one or two charge cycles, but so far I have
not seen evidence of the increased capacity.


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