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05 Oct 2007
An American airport worker described himself as "freaked out" when his iPod Nano caught fire in his pocket.
Danny Williams, of Douglasville in Georgia, was carrying his iPod in his trousers when he noticed a burning sensation and looked down to see flames shooting out of his pocket.
The Nano had caught fire, he said, and the results could have been a lot worse given his job at an airport.
"I am still kind of freaked out that after only a year and a half my iPod caught fire in my pocket," Williams told WSBTV.
"So I look down and I see flames coming up to my chest. If [the US Transportation Security Administration] had come by and seen me smoking, they could have thought I was a terrorist."
The cause of the fire is not yet known, but Apple has requested the unit back and has promised to replace it.
The Nano range uses lithium ion batteries that have been the subject of overheating problems in mobile phones, digital cameras and laptops.
Problems occur if the battery is contaminated with metal fragments that cause short circuits and ignite the battery's flammable fluids.
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Get the marketing department on it...
It won't be long before this is marketed as a feature by those clever i-people... The worst thing is that some fanboi is bound to take it as such.
Posted by: iSceptic 08 Oct 2007
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
Now we know a lie detector is built into every iPod Nano.
Posted by: Inspector Clouseau 08 Oct 2007
Spread the word, save a life!
iPod Sets Man's Pants on Fire! Save the Children! Danny Williams, a young brother from Douglasville Ga. has reported to WSBtv Atlanta that his year and a half old iPod Nano burst into flames in his pocket! He said' "So I look down and I see flames coming up to my chest!" The traumatized Apple victim continued, "I?m still kind of freaked out that after only a year and a half my iPod caught fire in my pocket!" The young brother works at a kiosk in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, you could hear the anguish in his voice as he exclaimed, ?If TSA had come by and seen me smoking, they could have honestly thought I was a terrorist!? Why is Apple trying to roast the bro.? Why are these dangerous products on the streets at all? Do YOU have a bad one about to ignite at any moment too? Apple told Mr. Williams to return the Nano, "we'll replace it (and get rid of the evidence?)" Nobody knows just how widespread this problem is, except Mr. Jobs ofcourse. Spread the news! Save a life! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
Posted by: Steve Ballmer 05 Oct 2007