I ran my iPod Nano through a battery test. Basically pulled out the thing from the cover, connected it to my PC, synced my songs, waited for it to charge its battery (full). Then, I switched off the backlight, put a playlist on repeat play, began playing, put it on ‘Hold’ and then left it to drain away the battery.
- 5:00 PM - Began playing.
- 9:00 PM – No change in battery meter.
- 5:00 AM – About one-third battery life over. Not bad. Went for jogging with it. No volume changes. Only when I pulled out the earphones, it paused, so I had to disable ‘Hold’ to resume playing.
- 3:00 PM - Close to two-third battery life over.
- 5:00 PM – Still playing.
- 10:00 PM - Paused play, resumed after some time. Hit the hay. Less than one-fifth battery life left.
- 5:00 AM - Resumed play.
- 6:00 AM - Battery died.
But, I ain’t angry. It lasted me over 30 hours, whereas the advertised battery life by Apple is 24 hours. I’ve heard of products having battery life less that what is specified, but this is GREAT.