So far, i've had my iPod for about a week now. I love this thing!

I would like to see, however, a more accurate battery meter and a better charging monitor system.

Reading or judging how much battery you have left is kinda like judging how much gas you have left in your car when the gas guage is broken, and keeps moving up and down when hit bumps and hills. Sometimes my iPod would read empty, and then (i guess when it spools down the disc) it goes back to a full charge readout. UUUggh. The only way i can tell how much battery i have left is remembering how much i've used the unit.

Also, i hate how the charging mechanism isn't accurate. I could charge the unit until it says it's fully charged, remove the iPod from its cradle, and then put it back seconds later, only to find that it's charging again...for another 4 hours.

Someone said on this forum, that the charging method is by timer only and doesn't really monitor the state of the battery while it is charging...that's crap. I hope this can be fixed, but i highly doubt that if it is hardware related.

Anyway, i wouldn't fear about over/under charging the battery. Lithium-Ion batteries usually have built in circuitry that cuts off the charge when it is full. Apple could have at least made a sensor to recognise when the battery has stopped accepting a charge so that it would stop showing the charging meter. It scared me to see that meter moving after a Lithium-ion battery has been fully charged. Lithium-ion batteries explode when they are overcharged! :eek: