Does anyone else think that

they need to stop making the ipods bigger and start making the terrible battery life better?
15" Black Macbook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

The battery life in the 80 gig is great. It's smaller than my first gen ipod (battery still works). Sure, I wish they'd turn the screen sideways, but that's neither here nor there. All the ipods have been made smaller and all the screens better.
User replaceable batteries are almost top on my list. Like the first shuffle couldn't take an AAA. Come on. I hope all the batteries for laptops etc do eventually get standardized. Sure, your battery will outlast your warranty...but it won't outlast the time you're away from a way to charge it!
An upgrade to the video capabilities (physical and usability) would be my number one wish.

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