iTrip - Battery drain
Hey,
I'm thinking about getting an iTrip to use my iPod Nano while driving the car. The thing is, I'm a bit worry about the battery getting worn-out while doing so... (with the battery not being user replacable and all...)
How bad do you think it will be if I while use the iTrip on the road for, lets say, an hour a day on a daily basis?
Any suggestions?
I'm thinking about getting an iTrip to use my iPod Nano while driving the car. The thing is, I'm a bit worry about the battery getting worn-out while doing so... (with the battery not being user replacable and all...)
How bad do you think it will be if I while use the iTrip on the road for, lets say, an hour a day on a daily basis?
Any suggestions?
Comments
It's a known fact that iPods have limited battery life. The battery life gets shorter with time and as you use the device. Because of that, I try to use that iPod when connected to a power source as frequently as possible. My question is how much would the daily usage I described hurt the battery life.
Actually, the life of a battery gets shorter when the battery is dead. As long as you try to keep it above 50%, it'll keep going.
Just for the record, my 1st gen iPod still turns on (although it no longer recognizes the hard drive).
Actually, the life of a battery gets shorter when the battery is dead. As long as you try to keep it above 50%, it'll keep going.
Just for the record, my 1st gen iPod still turns on (although it no longer recognizes the hard drive).
You mean that if I never let my iPod battery go completely drained out, the battery life will never get shorter? Seems somewhat unbelievable to me...
FWIW, my 1G iPod, 5GB, not only turns on, not only recognizes the hard drive, I can get about 90 minutes of playback out of it, if I don't skip too often, or use the backlight. I use it most either connected to my laptop while at work, or in the car on long trips, where I have a power adapter, so it isn't an issue.
And when I get tired of that, I'll buy one of the $30-40 battery replacement kits. No biggie.