1) This gentleman with the flaming iPod is a national hero. He may have saved millions of lives. He should be awarded some kind of medal and possibly made Director of Homeland Security.
2) Apple should pull all pre-September 2007 iPods from the market and fully reimburse the owners. As an added measure of safety I think Apple should probably also buy back any accessories that the iPod owners may have purchased over the years - even if they were not manufactured by Apple.
give it up to the national media to sensationalize ANY story and make it seem like an epidemic. Thats the funny thing about batteries, even if you can test them all, it doesn't mean that a very small number arn't slightly defective and won't show for a while.
keep in mind that was a first gen nano, so he must have had it for like a year or two. not to mention ipods are manufactured in the wonderfully health concerned china, we should just be glad the nanos arn't slathered in a "protective lead coating"
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
martin @ Oct 5th 2007 6:01AM
woah it happened TWO known times? thats proof enough to say they are dangerous.
scarcasm is hard in writing.
JoeX @ Oct 5th 2007 8:10AM
I agree with you. Two times is proof!
Let me just add these two points:
1) This gentleman with the flaming iPod is a national hero. He may have saved millions of lives. He should be awarded some kind of medal and possibly made Director of Homeland Security.
2) Apple should pull all pre-September 2007 iPods from the market and fully reimburse the owners. As an added measure of safety I think Apple should probably also buy back any accessories that the iPod owners may have purchased over the years - even if they were not manufactured by Apple.
Sincerely,
JoeX
Grant @ Oct 5th 2007 10:17AM
haha.
seriously.
give it up to the national media to sensationalize ANY story and make it seem like an epidemic. Thats the funny thing about batteries, even if you can test them all, it doesn't mean that a very small number arn't slightly defective and won't show for a while.
keep in mind that was a first gen nano, so he must have had it for like a year or two. not to mention ipods are manufactured in the wonderfully health concerned china,
we should just be glad the nanos arn't slathered in a "protective lead coating"
Ian @ Oct 5th 2007 2:11PM
"give it up to the national media to sensationalize "
Except it was not national. And you need to figure out waht the shift key is for.