[Colonel]

Judas, I had to call HP tech support today about my daughter's iPod. They said that it is designed to charge for four hours. If you leave it plugged in longer than that then it starts discharging. This seems like the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I assume most folks plug their iPod, cell phone, etc. in and let them charge overnight. I seriously doubt anybody sets their alarm to get up in four hours and unplug their stupid iPod. Anyway, I'm assuming that plugging it into a PC is worse than plugging it into a wall outlet due to the PC probably keeps turning the iPod on, which means it charges and discharges all night thus screwing up the battery.

I had a year warranty on her's from Radio Shack. We have already returned the original one. I am about to return the replacement that they sent us for the same reason that we returned the first one. The hard drive is going bad and so is the battery.

It's a pretty nice music player when it works, but I won't be buying another one.