If you decide you want to replace the failing battery in your old iPod mini (does anyone besides us still have such an antique?), you will do fine if you follow instructions like these or these, and if you buy a battery like this one (around $10 plus shipping). Go for high capacity; the one I bought is 750 mAh (it takes some digging sometimes to find the specs). The only thing I would add is to include a razor blade (use a box cutter) in your arsenal of prying tools for the somewhat delicate job of separating the top and bottom plates from the metal case. I did mine in about 10 minutes and now it has 8+ hours of battery life again.
Posted by Charles on January 28, 2007 03:58 AM