Electronic Advice:
Many runners enjoy electronic gadgets, but this advice applies to every white person:
Don't Purchase Products Using Proprietary Batteries.
This means a device using anything other than standard D, C, AA, AAA, or 9-volt, etc. batteries.
Why? Batteries are perishable commodities, and will all eventually die. If you are stuck with an oddball proprietary battery, you will have to go back to the manufacturer and pay a fortune to get a new one.
In the case of laptop computers, you are pretty much shafted anyway, as they pretty much all use proprietary batteries. But not so with digital cameras, mp3 players, digital camcorders, and some other things.
Yes, this includes those I-pods, don't get one. Do you know how much it will cost you to get a new one when your I-pod battery goes South? A lot.
You can find another suitable device that does everything an I-pod does, but uses standard batteries, such as AA. You can certainly use rechargeables, and when they die you can fairly cheaply purchase either standard or rechargeable replacement batteries.
You can find another suitable device that does everything an I-pod does, but uses standard batteries, such as AA. You can certainly use rechargeables, and when they die you can fairly cheaply purchase either standard or rechargeable replacement batteries.
Nickel-Metal hydride ( NiMH ) chemistry rechargeables are a good way to go, a fine source for these is:
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