story: <a href=”http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2003/12/31/rtr1195252.html”>Apple users threaten to sue over iBook, iPod</a> Apparently two petitions containing hundreds of signatures from potential plaintiffs seeking to file lawsuits over claims of defects in the iBook laptop. There are also complaints about Apple’s iPod not running long enough to cover problems with the players battery. So all is not well in Appleville. Various news reports suggested that they were selling out of iPods in many places but they were available here. Apple is also playing around with the idea of <a href=”http://www.macdailynews.com/comments.php?id=P2432_0_1_0″>$100 mini iPod</a>, which would possibly be flash based to take aim at the lower end market that Creative, Rio and Dell currently compete heavily in.