Comment on I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well
morto@piefed.social 3 days agoPeople tend to exaggerate how much batteries degrade. Low power devices tend to work reasonably well even on degraded batteries.
Comment on I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well
morto@piefed.social 3 days agoPeople tend to exaggerate how much batteries degrade. Low power devices tend to work reasonably well even on degraded batteries.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 3 days ago
Well, my PSP had its battery inflate. I had replaced that battery a few years ago, used it a bit, then forgot about it. Recently found that the new battery is in oopsie state too.
It’s not just degradation.
And PSP is still a fine device. Actually amazingly useful, it’s the missing branch of evolution that should have been chosen instead of smartphones. No touchscreen, but convenient controls. If it only had a SIM port. There even was a Skype client.
A general purpose device and not a gaming one, like PSP, would be very good. Instead of that proprietary optical drive - additional ports and memory card slots, perhaps even a section with an interface for some extension chips. A similar set of buttons - except perhaps a retractable (or attachable via some interface) QWERTY keyboard would be useful.
The UI and UX of the OS were very cool. OK, I was using it for listening to music and reading books.
morto@piefed.social 3 days ago
That’s sad :(
Did you store it in a too hot place or leave it with zero charge for too long? I only had a few devices with inflated battery so far, and I scrape a lot of. My stuff and the stuff I get from people tend to be in a relatively good shape even after staying unused for some years. E-readers are the champions of battery preservation. I got one from a friend that was forgotten for more than 10 years, and it works well. He said that the battery originally lasted more than a week. Now it’s lasting only about 3 days, which is a huge difference, but not enough to make it unusable.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
That.
morto@piefed.social 2 days ago
Ouch, that’s really a battery killer