IPod battery settlement date?

Question

Anyone know when the case will be settled? I'd like to get an iPod nano (to use when not using my 3rd gen or my shuffle) but since I have a couple of Apple Store cards coming, I'd like to wait to use them to buy new stuff. Anyone got theirs yet? Know when they might be coming? The settlement site said there was a hearing on 8/25.

Answer 1

hi!
after 6 emails over a month or two, i got this from the apple settlement people...
"Thank you for contacting us about the iPod Settlement. The Court granted final approval of the settlement and entered a final judgment on August 25, 2005. On October 24, 2005, two individuals filed appeals from the Court's order granting final approval of the settlement. As a result of the appeals, Apple and the Claims Administrator could not begin the process of fulfilling claims.
On December 20, 2005, the appeals were abandoned. The Claims Administrator has begun the process of fulfilling claims and notifying claimants of any deficiencies. Class members will be mailed instructions for how to obtain their benefits under the settlement. The Claims Administrator has provided us with the following timeframe for the distribution of the settlement benefits:
February 17, 2006- The Claims Administrator will mail $25 checks to Class Members who purchased the AppleCare Protection Plan and obtained battery repair/replacement under the AppleCare Protection Plan.
Beginning of March 2006- For Class members who own a First or Second Generation iPod and who selected the $25 cash payment, the Claims Administrator will begin mailing $25 checks to those who submitted valid claims.
Middle of March 2006- For Class members who own a Third Generation iPod and who selected battery/iPod replacement, the Claims Administrator will begin mailing letters containing instructions for battery/iPod replacement to those who submitted valid claims.
Middle of March 2006- For Class members who own a First, Second or Third Generation iPod and who selected a $50 store credit, the Claims Administrator will begin mailing letters with certificate codes for the $50 store credit to those who submitted valid claims.
Around March 17, 2006- The Claims Administrator will begin sending deficiency letters to Class members who submitted an incomplete/incorrect claim.
End of March 2006- The Claims Administrator will send denial letters to those individuals who do not fit the class definition or who submitted their claims past the claims deadline.
We sincerely appreciate your patience during the claims fulfilling process. We can assure you that the Claims Administrator is working diligently to process and fulfill the approximately 125,000 claims it has received to date. To expedite the settlement distribution process, please respond to any notices of deficiency you may receive right away. You will have 60 days to make changes to your claim form to remedy any deficiencies.
Although confirmation of claims is not going out, you can call the Claims Administrator's number, printed in the Instructions, to find out whether your claim has been received. For your convenience, that information is printed below. Please let me know if you have additional questions.
To reach a specialist at the Claims Administration office, dial 1-888-385-3085 and select option 4 (FAQs) and then option 19 (followed by the pound key). Option 19 is for people who need help filling out the claims form or to verify if they have, in fact, received their claim form. If all of them are busy you can leave a message to have someone call you back.
Best regards,
Andrea "
SO good luck everyone!