IPod Battery bug (software)

I opened a thread @ www.podtunes.de with the subject "Geringe Akkulaufzeit bei meinem iPod 30GB" ("Low battery lifetime of my iPod 30GB"), which is one of the biggest discussion there at moment because most of the iPod G5 (Video) users have the problem that the battery doesn´t work as long as it should do. But as I notice this isn´t a hardware problem, it seems to be a bug in the iPod Updater 2005-10-12, which caused all the trouble.
I have thought about this problem for two days and would say now that this seems to be a bug in the programs which lets th iPod interpret the battery lifetime and decides about shutting down the iPod to keep the usersetting alive.
Maybe one of you guys from apple can give us a statement for the problems with the actual iPod software or if it´s any other bug?!
Thanks,
Nezumi_R (Dominik B.)

The battery indicator only seems to be a 'rough guide' to the remaining charge, and has existed on all 3 generations of iPod that I have owned. I think the problem is caused by the software 'predicting' the life remaining in the battery based on the drain at that time. For instance, when iPod first switches on, the backlight is 'on' and there is scroll action while seeking the tune or video to play - this puts a heavy load on the battery, and the software 'predicts' that at the present current draw, it wont last long - as soon as things 'quiet down' the software re-calculates info based on the lower drain with backlight off and nothing happening at the interface, so gradually the 'red' indicator will go greeen, and the longer the interface is untouched, the reading will get more accurate. But as I said at the beginning, its only a rough guide anyway -
I did see on another forum, that the best way to solve the problem was to stick a piece of black insulation tape over the 'battery' display - although it wouldnt look too good on a 5G iPod
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