▲ 274 ▼ I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well (www.spacebar.news) submitted 9 months ago by corbin@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Robin@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago (7 children) Actually not that common for battery powered devices permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 10 points 9 months ago (4 children) People tend to exaggerate how much batteries degrade. Low power devices tend to work reasonably well even on degraded batteries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) Well, my PSP had its battery inflate. I had replaced that battery a few years ago, used it a bit, then forgot about it. Recently found that the new battery is in oopsie state too. It's not just degradation. And PSP is still a fine device. Actually amazingly useful, it's the missing branch of evolution that should have been chosen instead of smartphones. No touchscreen, but convenient controls. If it only had a SIM port. There even was a Skype client. A general purpose device and not a gaming one, like PSP, would be very good. Instead of that proprietary optical drive - additional ports and memory card slots, perhaps even a section with an interface for some extension chips. A similar set of buttons - except perhaps a retractable (or attachable via some interface) QWERTY keyboard would be useful. The UI and UX of the OS were very cool. OK, I was using it for listening to music and reading books. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 9 months ago (2 children) Well, my PSP had its battery inflate. I had replaced that battery a few years ago, used it a bit, then forgot about it. Recently found that the new battery is in oopsie state too. That's sad :( Did you store it in a too hot place or leave it with zero charge for too long? I only had a few devices with inflated battery so far, and I scrape a lot of. My stuff and the stuff I get from people tend to be in a relatively good shape even after staying unused for some years. E-readers are the champions of battery preservation. I got one from a friend that was forgotten for more than 10 years, and it works well. He said that the battery originally lasted more than a week. Now it's lasting only about 3 days, which is a huge difference, but not enough to make it unusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) or leave it with zero charge for too long That. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 1 point 9 months ago Ouch, that's really a battery killer permalink fedilink source parent [–] Piatro@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Or modern vendor-locked in devices permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago So Apple doesn’t do planned obsolescence now? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morto@piefed.social 10 points 9 months ago (4 children) People tend to exaggerate how much batteries degrade. Low power devices tend to work reasonably well even on degraded batteries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) Well, my PSP had its battery inflate. I had replaced that battery a few years ago, used it a bit, then forgot about it. Recently found that the new battery is in oopsie state too. It's not just degradation. And PSP is still a fine device. Actually amazingly useful, it's the missing branch of evolution that should have been chosen instead of smartphones. No touchscreen, but convenient controls. If it only had a SIM port. There even was a Skype client. A general purpose device and not a gaming one, like PSP, would be very good. Instead of that proprietary optical drive - additional ports and memory card slots, perhaps even a section with an interface for some extension chips. A similar set of buttons - except perhaps a retractable (or attachable via some interface) QWERTY keyboard would be useful. The UI and UX of the OS were very cool. OK, I was using it for listening to music and reading books. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 9 months ago (2 children) Well, my PSP had its battery inflate. I had replaced that battery a few years ago, used it a bit, then forgot about it. Recently found that the new battery is in oopsie state too. That's sad :( Did you store it in a too hot place or leave it with zero charge for too long? I only had a few devices with inflated battery so far, and I scrape a lot of. My stuff and the stuff I get from people tend to be in a relatively good shape even after staying unused for some years. E-readers are the champions of battery preservation. I got one from a friend that was forgotten for more than 10 years, and it works well. He said that the battery originally lasted more than a week. Now it's lasting only about 3 days, which is a huge difference, but not enough to make it unusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) or leave it with zero charge for too long That. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 1 point 9 months ago Ouch, that's really a battery killer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) Well, my PSP had its battery inflate. I had replaced that battery a few years ago, used it a bit, then forgot about it. Recently found that the new battery is in oopsie state too. It's not just degradation. And PSP is still a fine device. Actually amazingly useful, it's the missing branch of evolution that should have been chosen instead of smartphones. No touchscreen, but convenient controls. If it only had a SIM port. There even was a Skype client. A general purpose device and not a gaming one, like PSP, would be very good. Instead of that proprietary optical drive - additional ports and memory card slots, perhaps even a section with an interface for some extension chips. A similar set of buttons - except perhaps a retractable (or attachable via some interface) QWERTY keyboard would be useful. The UI and UX of the OS were very cool. OK, I was using it for listening to music and reading books. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 9 months ago (2 children) Well, my PSP had its battery inflate. I had replaced that battery a few years ago, used it a bit, then forgot about it. Recently found that the new battery is in oopsie state too. That's sad :( Did you store it in a too hot place or leave it with zero charge for too long? I only had a few devices with inflated battery so far, and I scrape a lot of. My stuff and the stuff I get from people tend to be in a relatively good shape even after staying unused for some years. E-readers are the champions of battery preservation. I got one from a friend that was forgotten for more than 10 years, and it works well. He said that the battery originally lasted more than a week. Now it's lasting only about 3 days, which is a huge difference, but not enough to make it unusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) or leave it with zero charge for too long That. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 1 point 9 months ago Ouch, that's really a battery killer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 9 months ago (2 children) Well, my PSP had its battery inflate. I had replaced that battery a few years ago, used it a bit, then forgot about it. Recently found that the new battery is in oopsie state too. That's sad :( Did you store it in a too hot place or leave it with zero charge for too long? I only had a few devices with inflated battery so far, and I scrape a lot of. My stuff and the stuff I get from people tend to be in a relatively good shape even after staying unused for some years. E-readers are the champions of battery preservation. I got one from a friend that was forgotten for more than 10 years, and it works well. He said that the battery originally lasted more than a week. Now it's lasting only about 3 days, which is a huge difference, but not enough to make it unusable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) or leave it with zero charge for too long That. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 1 point 9 months ago Ouch, that's really a battery killer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) or leave it with zero charge for too long That. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 1 point 9 months ago Ouch, that's really a battery killer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morto@piefed.social 1 point 9 months ago Ouch, that's really a battery killer permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Piatro@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Or modern vendor-locked in devices permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago So Apple doesn’t do planned obsolescence now? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago So Apple doesn’t do planned obsolescence now? permalink fedilink source parent