Today I ran an unintentional, unscientific battery life test on my 2 week old 5G iPod. Since I did not have my normal laptop, nor did I have any way to charge my iPod, I was going to listen to music between my two classes on my 5G. Unfortunately, my two classes are separated by 9 hours.

The iPod battery survived over 7 hours of playback. How can you get 7 hours of battery life? First, I turned of the backlight. Then, I played the music at a moderate volume. This was possible since I was listening to my music in a quiet library. Also, I did not mess with my tracks too much. I was just listening to one playlist after an another. The iPod battery didn’t die – I just switched to my iPod Shuffle (purchased to avoid muggings) after a while.

So now you know how you can extend the battery life of your iPod and knowing is half the battle. The other half is too complicated to mention right now.