You love your iPod, we all do, but what if something happens and your iPod breaks? Your first thought is'Oh my goodness, I can't most likely survive without my iPod!' Well that may be my first thought anyway.

let's imagine the iPod fell from your pocket while you were jogging and broke into a thousand tiny pieces ; no-brainer, time to get a new iPod. Let's say your iPod just started acting weird and ceased to work, or it slipped into the water but you got it out quickly so it couldn't possibly have got all that wet. And, of course, this all occurs after the warranty on the iPod ends.

Just in case you perchance injure your iPod straight after you purchase it, Apple provides free one year from date of purchase warranty on iPods. The guaranty does not include damages caused by accident, liquid damage, disassembly or unapproved service or modifications. So fundamentally only if your iPod stops working for some unknown reason is it covered by Apple. They also offer, for an additional fee, and extended guaranty plan that extends to two years from the date of purchase.

Great, but my iPod is outside the warranty or extended warranty date, or is damaged by a suggests that makes it exempt from the warranty. So, what to do? I would be thinking it may be worth looking into getting my broken iPod mended instead of heading out and buying another one. As we all know, we love them but they're not cheap.

A quick Google search will find several web sites asserting they may happily fix your broken iPod for you. Okay, let's think about this what is the actually damage to the iPod and is it worth purchasing a new Ipod or getting the broken iPod repaired? Repair IPod

You dropped the iPod and the screen is cracked. You find a domain where a company says they can replace your screen. O.K, this is worth looking into ; it's got to be less expensive than replacing the iPod. Repair Your IPod

Your iPod battery is going running out of juice faster and quicker. Makes perfect sense that you'd need a new battery. OK, this is worth looking into ; again, it should be less expensive than replacing the iPod.

If you're only getting sound from one ear bud, it might be abroken headphone jack. Again, makes sense it'd be less expensive to replace a headphone jack than replacing the iPod. IPod Repair

Your iPod totally died. It didnot fall in the water. It didn't hit the floor. But it is dead, not a strong indication. It might be the hard drive died, and it might just be time to bury it and go to the store for another one. But some folk do not give up all that easily. If you need a diagnosis of death, or apostmortem to find out why your iPod died, or are perhaps interested by learning whether a transplant that would bring your iPod back to life, there are websites that say they can perform these services for you.