IPod with colour display

Im getting an ipod with a colour display i just wanted to know how often do people have issues with it because i had a mini and i had terrible battery problems. does the ipod 20gb have any known battery problems?

James,
normally none of the iPods have battery issues. But I have heard of a very funny story: if the alarm is set by accidence, the default time is 2400 hours, midnight! Most of the people do other things rather than listening to music on the iPod at that time. So the next day when they take it, it is running and the battery is empty (no wonder!). So sometimes this can be the cause for very short battery life...:-)))
Best
Roman

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