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Is it true the ipod video">ipod video (fifth gen ipod) will hold a charge for up to 20 hours? Let's see!

First of all the legal fine print on Apple's iPod page explicitly refers to the 60 Gb ipod video only being able to play (hold a charge in the battery) up to 20 hours. I would bet with all of its legal woes on the horizon this claim from Apple that the "new iPod boasts up to 20 hours of battery life, five hours more than before" is legally valid in a controlled test environment.

But consumers don't live in a controlled test environment, which is why I would not be surprised if your new ipod video (fifth gen ipod) will NOT hold a charge for 20 hours.

The legal keyword here is "up to". So even if the battery lasts an hour Apple is legally covered!

On the new 5th Generation ipod battery performance" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with performance">performance has to now be measured with: music playback, photo playback, and video playback (on iPod screen or through a TV).

Apple claims that the new 30GB iPod will play music for 14 hours, photo and music slideshows for 3 hours, and iPod on-screen video for 2 hours. In a iLounge test they found that the new ipod video played music for 15 hours and 30 minutes, photo slideshows for 2 hours and 32 minutes, on-ipod video for 2 hours and 10 minutes, and iPod-to-TV video for 3 hours and 10 minutes.

Apple also claims that the new 60GB iPod will play music for 20 hours, photo and music slideshows for 4 hours, and video for 3 hours. Again in In a iLounge test they found that the new ipod video played music for 19 hours, 50 minutes, but exceeded Apple