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Apple settles Ipod lawsuit
FRUIT-THEMED entertainment gear maker, Apple has settled a pair of Canadian class actions out of court.
The actions claimed that the true and holy company may have not been exactly telling the truth when it claimed that the early generations of the Ipod had a long battery life.
In all the outfit’s marketing, it was claimed that the gizmos could manage eight to ten hours. However after recharging the battery, the charge on some models rapidly declined until they could only manage about half that.
Jobs’ Mob has agreed to offer credits for its online store of about $US44.75 to Canadians and bought certain makes of Ipod before June 24, 2004.
This is the second class action over battery life that Apple has settled. Another similar action in the US resulted in Apple giving some Ipod owners $US50 in store credit or $US25 in cash if the battery life in their early-generation Ipods dropped below certain levels.
Clearly in the interests of its customers, Apple decided that instead of admitting that its early Ipods had dodgy batteries, it was better to force them to go to different courts in each country before it would pay out. µ
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Did Apple not up "up to x hours of battery life" in their specs like Nokia, Dell, Motorola etc. do for cell phones and laptops?

If they did and that "up to" isn't good enough, then where do I sign up to get free stuff from those vendors for the fact my cell phones always get down to half their original battery life in about 18 months, and my laptops in 2-3 years?