Thank you, thank you! I've been longing for an iPod for months, and now feel much, much better!

I have a minidisc, which I use only for work. I've recorded a few discs of music, but they never turned out that well (probably my technical incompetence). But now that I know the iPod has bad battery life, I feel much less deprived.

The one thing I liked much better about the iPod (before hearing all this) was that you could record all your CDs on to it and be done with it - not having to fiddle with discs.

I'm waiting for the day when mobile phone, mp3 player, recorder, palmtop and GPS will all be the one machine.