Sunday, June 22, 2008

I wonder if battery sales have dropped with the advent of the iPod?

I was just changing the batteries on my Scrubbing Bubbles, and I realized this is the first time that I have used batteries for anything in the whole year I've lived in this apartment.

When I was in high school I used batteries a lot, for my discman. Most people carried extra batteries with them for just that purpose, and it wasn't uncommon to hear people asking if anyone had any extra batteries. But the iPod is recharged by hooking it up to the computer, so people don't need batteries for their portable music needs any more. I wonder if that has been enough of an influence to affect overall battery sales?

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