User Replaceable Battery for Newer Nomads

It used to be that "battery life" meant how long a device could function without being recharged, but in recent months it's taken on an additional meaning: how long before the battery degrades, is no longer able to hold a charge and must be replaced. See here for some background on this.

What exacerbates battery life problems is the fact that most popular players were not designed for user replacement of the battery. This group includes Apple iPods and iPod Minis, iRiver iHPs and Rio Nitrus and Karma. Creative's newer players, however, do have user servicable batteries.

To that end, Gear @ IGN has reported that Creative is selling replacement batteries for the Nomad Jukebox Zen NX, Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra and Nomad MuVo² for $49.99.

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