Comments on: Apple, AT&T Sued over iPhone Battery http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4672 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: John http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4672#comment-244504 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:58:13 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4672#comment-244504 This was all out when the that piece of I-crap was released. Clearly I'm wrong because people bought it in spite of this - just as they did with their Ipods. Can you tell I don't have either and I don't have any plans to get either one? User replaceable batteries and drag,drop, and play - that's my mantra. LOL. This was all out when the that piece of I-crap was released. Clearly I’m wrong because people bought it in spite of this - just as they did with their Ipods. Can you tell I don’t have either and I don’t have any plans to get either one? User replaceable batteries and drag,drop, and play - that’s my mantra. LOL.

]]> by: noteapot http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4672#comment-240934 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:06:49 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4672#comment-240934 To me all apple "i" devices are throwaways after 2 years because of the sealed battery thing. It should be in the small print ! The real problem is nobody has solved the battery problem. Everyone just ignores it. I use a Nokia N95 which suffers on the power usage side because of the abundance of features - without a spare battery it would be unusable as advertised or as a business device. The Nokia argument is if you just use it as a phone it lasts OK - but of course if I just wanted a phone I wouldnt have bought an N95. Also batteries dont go from good to bad immediately they all tend to go soft after a while. I tend keep the good one in the phone and the old soft one for backup. Not an option for an apple "i" device. Perhaps the law for battery phone devices ought to force the advertised battery charge performance to be based on 90% primary usage and 30% full feature usage. The usage time numbers should be at the end of 2 years battery life on the above cycle not new. Also frankly the press should ask these questions when they are on the pre release vendor junkets in Las Vegas. The IT and Gadget press is appallingly bad at printing anything other than vendor press releases about new technology. Oh yeah make everything chargeable by USB power connectors so car, hotel and other vendors can provide convenience charging for all devices and i dont have to carry 4 power supplies with me. To me all apple “i” devices are throwaways after 2 years because of the sealed battery thing. It should be in the small print !

The real problem is nobody has solved the battery problem. Everyone just ignores it.

I use a Nokia N95 which suffers on the power usage side because of the abundance of features - without a spare battery it would be unusable as advertised or as a business device.

The Nokia argument is if you just use it as a phone it lasts OK - but of course if I just wanted a phone I wouldnt have bought an N95.

Also batteries dont go from good to bad immediately they all tend to go soft after a while. I tend keep the good one in the phone and the old soft one for backup. Not an option for an apple “i” device.

Perhaps the law for battery phone devices ought to force the advertised battery charge performance to be based on 90% primary usage and 30% full feature usage. The usage time numbers should be at the end of 2 years battery life on the above cycle not new.

Also frankly the press should ask these questions when they are on the pre release vendor junkets in Las Vegas. The IT and Gadget press is appallingly bad at printing anything other than vendor press releases about new technology.

Oh yeah make everything chargeable by USB power connectors so car, hotel and other vendors can provide convenience charging for all devices and i dont have to carry 4 power supplies with me.

]]> by: John Corliss http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4672#comment-240520 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:17:34 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4672#comment-240520 I would tend to think that the case DOES have merit. If more companies were called on the carpet for such duplicitous behavior, maybe they'd think twice before engaging in it in the first place. I would tend to think that the case DOES have merit. If more companies were called on the carpet for such duplicitous behavior, maybe they’d think twice before engaging in it in the first place.

]]> by: UncaMarty http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4672#comment-240509 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:55:19 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4672#comment-240509 In my opinion, one of the key features of most mobile (cell) devices is that you can keep a spare battery and swap out the discharged one. If your battery dies, you buy a new one, charge it up and you're ready to go again. I can see Apple's point about not letting (l)users mess with the wurkins of the iPhone, but to me at least, the iPhone is going to suffer because of this. I won't buy a computer that only has a return to base warranty, and my phone is more important to me, so the iPod is (regretfully!) off my shopping list. In my opinion, one of the key features of most mobile (cell) devices is that you can keep a spare battery and swap out the discharged one. If your battery dies, you buy a new one, charge it up and you’re ready to go again.
I can see Apple’s point about not letting (l)users mess with the wurkins of the iPhone, but to me at least, the iPhone is going to suffer because of this.
I won’t buy a computer that only has a return to base warranty, and my phone is more important to me, so the iPod is (regretfully!) off my shopping list.

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