I dunno, the battery in my iPod still works great. Maybe I'm just a lucky one.
Anyway the real reason I came back to post here, since I was laughing at the early iPhone buyers who payed full price... I guess Steve is getting some angry letters, lol.
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/
Short version: 100 dollar credit for any apple purchase if you bought an iPhone at full price.
Although he is very specific in the wording, that if you had any other rebate or "consideration" of any kind when you bought the phone, you are ineligible. So I bet they'll find nit-picky ways to keep people from getting their credit.
Edit: wow, word fitlers turned "Too long didn't read" into something crazy <_<; Ok I'll call it the "short" version.