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Assault on batteries could fatten Ipod
Must be easily removable
NEW LAWS currently being drafted in Brussels could spell the end of the Ipod as we know it, according to Apple Insider. You can kiss that oh-so-pocketable Iphone goodbye while you're at it.
The EU's 2006 Battery Directive which was implemented to prevent the use of unnecessary toxins, and which came into effect last month, is now being strengthened and amended.
The New Battery Directive, which is being drafted over the next year, will require all battery-powered devices to have power cells which are able to be easily removed for replacement, or disposal at the end of the gadget's useful life.
Anyone who has ever attempted to get at the inner workings of Apple's ubiquitous media player will know that it's locked up tighter than the script of a Steve Jobs Keynote speech the day before he presents it.
The new directive is expected to insist that new the batteries on future devices can be removed, and replaced, by opening a cover by hand, or with the unfastening of one or two screws.
Kiss goodbye to your smooth, svelte and shiny toys, then. Bulky bolt-on batteries are the future, it seems.
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