The battery life of MP3 players

Rather than just bitch about how terrible the iPod's battery life is (about eight hours, or hardly enough for our next flight to Tokyo), Reuters actually brings up a few alternatives like Dell's Digital Jukebox, which has a battery that clocks in at around 20 hours and iRiver's iHP-120 (pictured at right), which can last 16 hours before recharging and has a battery that is supposed to survive for four or five years before it needs replacing. The iPod's battery, by contrast, has a life expectancy of only 18 to 24 months.

[Via PlayerBlog]