Ironically, the people complaining about the battery life "problem," that is the ones to bring it up when the topic is raised for the most part, are the ones who don\'t even own an iPod, right ooseven? Regardless, like most electronic products, the people who have problems are much more vocal then those who have none. Millions of people own iPods and there are about a couple hundred people complaining to high heaven about the battery problem. Do the percentage math on that one and I\'m sure you\'ll find the PS2, as a comparative item, died at least 10~20 times more often then the iPod\'s. Besides that, the iPod is under warranty for a year when you buy it online so any problems you have with it, Apple fixes. Lastly, and something a bit more ironic seeing as this is a Playstation 2 board, Sony makes the battery in iPods iirc.