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Liar liar pants... ehhh... well...]]>Mar 13th 2009 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
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Also, Engadget, how about deleting oo's comment? That's just really highly disturbing.]]>Mar 13th 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
I however, want you to burn to death by a million iPods while you are stoned by 360 power bricks for that terrible image that cannot even be burned out of my mind by the fire of Sony Li-ion laptop batteries.

oo, you call yourself? eww is more like it.]]>Mar 13th 2009 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
So that wasn't you? When I read that post I thought to myself, "Wow... Clak just went to a whole new level"]]>Mar 13th 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
Short of draining or removing the battery, it's impossible to fully turn off the ipod, since there is no power switch (buttons don't count unless they are toggle, and this one is clearly not). Hence it doesn't matter if the ipod was playing music, video, or just on standby, since the battery is always powering the device. Short anywhere will cause you to be unable to turn off the device, and in extreme cases that can lead to a battery meltdown.

Considering the devices are compression fitted to keep everything together, if the battery does light, and the screen is somehow kept cool enough to not combust, the next thing that would happen is an increase in pressure and an eventual pop as the device gets torn apart. Try it with some water in tupperware in a microwave, thing just pops open (unless you got the cheap chinese stuff, in which case it'll melt before that happens).]]>Mar 13th 2009 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
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"Short of draining or removing the battery, it's impossible to fully turn off the ipod, since there is no power switch"

You hold down the power button and slide to confirm a total power turn off on an iPod Touch or iPhone.

Why do people insist on giving us a lecture on stuff they know nothing about, it's bloody embarrassing!]]>Mar 13th 2009 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
So $150,000 will cure him? What a expensive brain he has.]]>Mar 14th 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
As said before, the only way to make sure a device has zero power when turned off is to have a physical severing of the connection between the power source and the device (can be electromechanical, but a slide switch is much cheaper, electromechanical stuff is generally for large machines or similarly non-apple friendly things). Sadly, no matter how much you may believe apple's comments, if you can turn the ipod on after turning it off like that, there is no way that all power was cut off. Ask an engineer to explain it to you. Well, ask another engineer, cuz this one is tired of small children that think directions are the same as specifications.


But yea, oo's post is goddamn annoying, do any mods actually check reported posts or do they just sit around all day?]]>Mar 14th 2009 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 14th 2009 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
"Short of draining or removing the battery, it's impossible to fully turn off the ipod,"

You can remove the battery?]]>Mar 14th 2009 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
I'm not saying that there is no power flow in the device, just that it isn't making it to any of the major systems. Obviously the battery is still attached to something in the device, but no power is actually being utilized, which makes any battery malfunctions much less likely.

Oh, and comparing the iPod to a desktop computer is plain and simply not good science. They are very different electronic devices. For example: the iPod doesn't need to be constantly ready for a remote boot, a feature that it doesn't require, while most desktops need to be taking in power in anticipation of a boot signal. Power flow within the iPod is at a near standstill when you turn it off, and while I'm sure some power is dissipating in that state (the headphone jack seems to hold a slight charge), it is still much more likely that he had locked it while playing a game and put it in his pocket, which would increase the heat output significantly.]]>Mar 14th 2009 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 14th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
the power button is controlled by software, which lies on a chip. Even when the device is off, that chip still requires power to detect when to turn the main power back on.

sure its not much, but there could be a chance that it was that circuit that caused a short and blew the battery...]]>Mar 15th 2009 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
You are still wrong as the device isn't really off, it's only "off". The way modern electric devices work is that the off on switch is just a toggle switch that is connected to one of the processors legs. The processors program reads the switch and goes to deep sleep whicth the manufacturer has renamed "off". The processor is still connected to the power supply, there's no switch between it and battery. You want proof? There's clock in your ipod? If it doesnt stop when the device is off your off isn't really off but "off".

But all this is moot. The iPod can burn even if you strip all electronics from it because main reason for burning devices is li-ion battery, and usully for internal short. They can explode even if it isn't installed into any device.]]>Mar 14th 2009 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
I one saw a teenie bopper driving around in an Aston martin... Parent will buy kids anything...

]]>Mar 13th 2009 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Yeah apple is going to give him a year supply of undies too!!!!
HAHAHA!!!]]>Mar 13th 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
Just a theory, I know it seems a little out there, but if you think about the overprotective mother (she is at least $149,550 more protective than your average mom)...

Also, the psych evaluation seems dead on for a chronic over eater:
"physical and mental conditions which will cause him to suffer pain, mental distress, emotional distress, and otherwise for the rest of his life"

Sounds like a chubster to me... :P]]>Mar 13th 2009 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
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Anyway, get over it, kid. Scarred for life? Please. Are you really that fragile? Chalk it up to a learning experience.]]>Mar 13th 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/]]>Mar 13th 2009 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 14th 2009 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
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yeah its become iTouch]]>Mar 13th 2009 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/26/keepin-it-real-fake-part-lxvii-the-pasen-itouch/]]>Mar 14th 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 14th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
Better known as iPod Touch? Yeah right.]]>Mar 15th 2009 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 14th 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/Mar 13th 2009 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/exploding-ipod-touch-sets-kids-pants-on-fire-melts-his-underwe/
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