[Porce]

I have an iPod mini, 4 GB, (first generation of iPod minis).

The battery is crap, always was, and getting worse, but keep in mind that it's over a year old now. I think the advertised length at the time I bought it was 6 hours, but now it's capable of an amazing 3.5 hours. Fortunately I got one before they removed the AC charger from the package, as I have to take the AC charger with me if I'm going anywhere overnight. USB charge is slow and inconvenient.

I don't mind the lack of color, photos, videos. It does what it's supposed to (for a ridiculously short time) - play music. If I get a new one I'll definitely go for the 60 GB hard drive, though. When I got this iPod I never dreamed I could fill up that little 4 GB of space. Now I have about 30 GB of audio (partially because I now use Lossless, but also my music collection grew like crazy), and God knows how much video.

The earphones went bad after three months or so, and they kindly gave me a replacement. They went bad after another five months, when I gave up and got a pair from Sony.