By James Kim
(December 1, 2005)

The Apple iPod Mini, with its seamless and soft metallic body and its charming personality, is now a classic. Now that it's been replaced by the Nano, the Mini can retire to the secondary online market, where prices are still pretty high; a 6GB Mini still goes for more than $200 online. But all iPod batteries die--some soon, some later--so it's handy to know what to do when your iPod Mini just can't hold as much juice as it used to, especially since the iPod and all of its siblings do not have batteries designed to be removed (as seen on the microdrive-based iRiver H10). Do you sell it on eBay? Do you toss it in the corner and get a new player? Or do you revive a now classic MP3 player? In this Weekend Project, I'll detail your dead battery options and explain step by step how to replace your iPod Mini's failing battery.