Rio Karma -- Replacement battery yet?

[WmAx]

Does anyone know if a replacment battery is sold by anyone yet? I did a search just last week and I still came up empty on this matter. I'de like to buy a Karma(the parameteric E.Q. is my main reason), but if no battery is available I can't justify spending nearly $200 on something that will only be useful as a paperweight in 2-3 years.

-Chris

 

[IstariAsuka]

I don't think there is anybody commercially offering replacement batteries, but over at riovolution there was a guy who replaced his own, along with increasing the capacity and such. So, it can be done, the information is out there--shouldn't be that hard.

I'd also just like to suggest that in 3 years mp3 players will be very cheap and large, and you'd probably be getting a new one by that point anyways.