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glad they step up to the plate when problems arise.

gosh, MDN..this is old news..been out for like 3 hrs now...

Can that be right? Might Apple take a $100M hit for this? Sounds like a stock buying opportunity soon...

Before the trolls rush to blame Apple for the fact that batteries wear out over time:

http://ipodbatteryfaq.com/

I always wonder why he media never bothers to publish the other half of the settlement cost when reports like this come out: How much did the lawyers in the class action settlement get?

Joe - whom? Apple or the plaintiffs? I wouldn't give Apple too much credit - only took a lawsuit for Apple to do the right thing. I guess it's business as usual in Cupertino.

When do I get my $100 credit toward a new iPod Photo? (have a 1G and 3G iPod)

Can't wait to blow my settlement at the apple store. I already mailed my claim.

"ok. oh great one. its flawed. i understand and accept"

This site is full of friggin cultists. I like apple products but refuse to drink the apple/jobs kool-aid.

Jimbo, a few words for you: READ THE F*CKING ARTICLE. It says right there how much the law firms will get. A little over $2 million.

Jung, a few words for you: READ THE F*CKING ARTICLE. Apple is not taking a $100M hit. They are taking a little over $2 million hit to the lawyers. As far as consumers, what they get is a one year extension of the iPod warranty for the battery. The $50 mentioned is not cash in anyone's pocket--it is $50 off the purchase of another Apple product, and iTunes music store purchases are excluded. Meaning you can't even turn in your voucher for 50 songs.

Upshot? Apple pays out $2 million to the lawyers, fixes a few dozen iPods, and whatever consumers bother to apply for vouchers get $50 off their next generation iPod, OS X 10.5, or whatever. That's the way these class action things usually end--the consumer only gets a savings by buying more from the company being sued, so the suit ends up being nothing more than repeat customer encouragement.

Apple makes a suck as product for its product...but to the Apple-is-god religious freaks here that´s okay.
If it was microsoft or dell, the apple widget heads would be screaming their heads off at the incompetence of those companies.
No wonder apple isn´t worried about this....most apple people won´t take advantage of it because that would mean they are admitting apple makes flawed products.

I wonder if Apple will apply this policy world-wide or just in the U.S. where they are being forced to? My iPod fits the class action suit, but I am in Canada. If they were serious about owning up to a problem, they will hopefully apply this evrywhere.

Zep:

Apple didn't manufacture the battery, ya fskin moron. Therefore, they didn't make a flawed product. It has nothing to do with being a "cult" member, it has everything to do with being far smarter than you.

I wonder if this applies to my 2nd generation iPod that I purchased through the Apple Online Store in Feb 2003 that was a "refurbished" iPod.

Does that qualify as being new? I've read the details a couple times, but cannot find anything about it in there.