Apple ordered to make public iPod nano battery fix in Japan

We had an eerie feeling it'd come to this, and come it has. Nearly two full years to the day after the government of Japan began a thorough investigation into the spontaneous combusting of iPod nano devices, that same entity is now mandating that Apple publish an "easy to understand" statement on the web that explains how customers can "receive replacement batteries and obtain advice." So far, these volatile Li-ion cells have been blamed for four cases of minor burns in the Land of the Rising Sun, and while Apple has been replacing first-generation iPod nano batteries since 2008 for those that complained, it seems that Japan wants the company to make the option readily apparent to consumers. Be sure to keep an eye on Apple's Japanese site for more, but as of now, we're not seeing any such PSA posted.

[Bervick Posted Aug 6th 2010 2:44PM]

@Seven2k

Did you just have an Orbit ? ;-)

[bufbarnaby Posted Aug 6th 2010 12:03PM]

People still use those ?
My car takes Flash drives and SDHC...it has no need for Apple device.

[benjgvps Posted Aug 6th 2010 12:34PM]

I just gave one of those to my brother, I wonder if I can get a replacement somehow.

[mcaldero Posted Aug 6th 2010 1:05PM]

But before it self-destructed, did you get the message???

Tom Cruise

[danhawk911 Posted Aug 6th 2010 1:09PM]

to bad we will never see apple recall these in the us my screened cracked because of the overheating.

[White trash Posted Aug 7th 2010 2:19AM]

Good move by the Japanese.
You can't get steve to apologize about anything so make apple post info about a defective product.
Perfect way to deal with an infallible company.