My Ipod Nano blew up last night!

[purple sneaks]

Originally Posted by Illuztrious

Must have had some wack music on there.

 

[mangudai954]

This is going to get big.

 

[b smooth 202]

Must have had some wack music on there.
if his iPod was one fire that would mean the music was good

 

[kickmatic23]

call the news before you contact apple. make the biggest deal possible... that way your guaranteed more $

 

[da matrix 1]

damn

 

[kelioos]

who put this on Engadget????

 

[snake201]

I got this story put into engadget, my name is Sandy. As soon as I read this story yesterday I send the news tip to engadget and they put it up.

 

[snake201]

Originally Posted by GREENREDGREEN

someone named Sandy is on Niketalk is the bigger surprise, we have more females?

http://www.myspace.com/sandyrmeloc

Im actually a male, teachers never believe me first day of class that I'm Sandy

 

[ohyeah10]

i think you should just bring it to an apple store and try to get a new one. no reason to really sue when nothing really happened

 

[greenredgreen]

Originally Posted by Snake201

Originally Posted by GREENREDGREEN

someone named Sandy is on Niketalk is the bigger surprise, we have more females?

http://www.myspace.com/sandyrmeloc

Im actually a male, teachers never believe me first day of class that I'm Sandy

how disappointing.

anyway, we made gizmodo too.

fire starter
[h2]Exploding iPod Nano Starts Non-Nano Sized Blaze[/h2]
A user at Niketalk forums posted up these images of an iPod nano that went up in smoke this morning. The forum user, MJair was awoken at 2AM by the firealarm going off. On a quick panicked inspection of the room, an "orange glow" near his PS3 was seen. That orange glow was nothing less than a fire,approximately a foot wide in length, which was said to be rapidly spreading. Checkout more images of the nano wreckage below.

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Luckily, neither MJair or his PS3 were harmed, but the source of the fire seems to have been his first gen iPod nano. Unfortunately, the nano was not asrobust as the iPhone that took on a semi, meaning its thin, MP3playing days are now truly up. Unless we want to go the way of the nano, we really should replace the batteries in our own fire alarm. [Niketalk; Thanks, Vince]

 

[mangudai954]

I bet Apple tries to contact you to give you free stuff.

 

[domnator27]

man thats cool, not the fact that you could've roasted but the fact that your gonna get free stuff from Apple HQ

 

[buggz05]

u finna be famous.

They should atleast pay for the nano, and anything else that was burnt i.e. carpet, floor and your OG AJ 1's that got burnt. RIP.

 

[240Zestways]

Yeah those OG 1s were DS and came with everything.

 

[jblackcat13]

I want my iPod to explode now...it's been freezing a lot too.

 

[gko2408]

I have the same iPod Nano model. Here's to hoping that my near-dead iPod explodes so I can get another one, CHEA!

 

[240Zestways]

I'm gonna give Apple a call tomorrow. I'll update you guys when I'm done.

 

[1focusedfemale]

missy elliot/Ching ching gettin money ova here!!/missy elliot

 

[houser34]

 

[kaycurrency]

Steve Probably has an All-Star Line up of lawers ready to tackle this case by now...At the end of the day you'll probably be paying him some money fordefamation of "product" and a decrease of Ipod nano sales because of the negative publicity that you've caused....Nanowned!

 

[yarrh]

too bad you didnt let it burn your house down. you woulda gotten a big piece of the apple pie

 

[dirtylicious]

for all the people saying he should sue...what is he going to sue for?...emotional distress??

I would think at most he can probably recoup the cost of the charger, rug damage and a new nano.

 

[finnns2003]

yeah i agree, IF it caught fire and burned YOU, you'd get $$$. however...

 

[ps2child]

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious

for all the people saying he should sue...what is he going to sue for?...emotional distress??

I would think at most he can probably recoup the cost of the charger, rug damage and a new nano.

ye he could sue for emotional distress. i mean he made gizmodo (congrats on your efame btw) and hes gonna blow up w/ attention because of us of course(word to allison stokes

) then apples is gonna jump in and prolly settle it out of court for a few G's.

 

[kingtre]

whoa- saw this headline on yahoo and thought you made it there also!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_hi_te/japan_ipod&printer=1

[h1]Japan investigates possible iPod defect[/h1]
By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer1 hour, 1 minute ago

Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc.'s iPod after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out sparks while recharging, a government official said Wednesday.

An official at the trade and economy ministry, which oversees product problems, said a defect is suspected in the lithium-ion battery in the iPod Nano, model number MA099J/A. He spoke on customary condition of anonymity, saying he is reiterating a ministry position.

The problem surfaced in January in Kanagawa Prefecture southwest of Tokyo, and Apple reported the problem to the ministry in March. No one was injured, the official said. Other details weren't available.

Apple Japan did not contest the ministry statement but declined further comment. Nano players are sold all over the world, and it was still unclear where else besides Japan the suspected model was sold, said Masayoshi Suzuki, an Apple spokesman in Tokyo.

The ministry has instructed Apple Japan to find out the cause of what it is categorizing as a fire and report back to the government.

The iPod was assembled in China, but it was unclear who made the lithium-ion battery, the ministry official said.

Lithium-ion batteries have been blamed for a series of blazes in laptops recently that have resulted in massive global recalls.

The ministry said Apple has shipped about 425,000 iPods of the same suspected model were shipped into Japan. It was unknown how many have been sold and how many might still be in stores.

Shipments of the model began in September 2005 and were discontinued after September 2006, the ministry said.

The iPod has been the symbol in recent years of the successful fashionable image of Apple. But its sales momentum may be gradually running out of steam.

Apple sold 22.1 million iPods during the holiday quarter ended Dec. 31, fewer than the 25 million iPods analysts had expected it to sell. That's raising fears that the company, based in Cupertino, Calif., may suffer as it tries to convince consumers to buy higher-end iPods - a key part of its strategy.

The batteries in Apple products have had some problems in the past, largely about wearing out, not about being prone to fires.

In 2006, Japanese electronics and entertainment maker Sony Corp. apologized for the troubles it had caused consumers through defective lithium-ion batteries that had equipped Sony laptops and products by Dell Inc., Apple, Lenovo and other major manufacturers.

The Tokyo-based company recalled about 10 million batteries following reports of some computers using Sony power packs overheating and bursting into flames.

The lithium-ion battery is considered an overall good technology because of its ability to furnish power in relatively small sizes, although its suspected tendency to catch fire is a major reason Toyota Motor Corp. and other automakers are being cautious about using it in ecological cars.

Toyota's Prius gas-electric hybrid uses a different kind of battery, and the switch in future green models to the lithium-ion battery will be seen as a considerable breakthrough.