Weird Ipod Nano causes Man's Pants to Catch Fire At Airport

[The Helper]

ATLANTA -- The new iPod Nano is hot. But one Douglasville man said his old Nano got even hotter -- hot enough to burst into flames.

“So I look down and I see flames coming up to my chest,” said Danny Williams.

Williams said the burn hole from the pocket of his pants marks the spot of his 15 seconds of flame. He said he had an iPod Nano and an glossy piece of paper in his pocket. He believes the paper shielded him from being burned.

“I’m still kind of freaked out that after only a year and a half my iPod caught fire in my pocket,” said Williams.

iPod Sets Man's Pants On Fire

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[Uberplayer]

Hahah! Good job Apple, bring more of these things into shops' shelves!

I guess someone's mac burns his/her computer table

 

[Wiseman_2]

Something else to add to my argument that my trusty Zen (now classified as "old", even though it is barely 2 years since it was released) will do the job better than any iPod.

 

[Sevion]

Just another reason to buy the Zen instead of the (Input a swear word here) Ipods. (Input a swear word here) you apple!

 

[Husky]

Hahah! Good job Apple, bring more of these things into shops' shelves!

I guess someone's mac burns his/her computer table

Nope, my mac only gets slightly warm in certain spots when i'm playing games.

And my iPod never gets even slightly warm, dunno how his caught on fire lol.

 

[The Helper]

Probably not a heat issue, more than likely some kind of malfunction or defect in the batteries. Similar to the Dell battery situation.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/...ce/en/2006/2006_08_14_rr_002?c=us&l=en&s=corp

That would be my guess.

 

[Wiseman_2]

His battery probably messed up or something. A friend of mine had an mp3 player that used AA batteries - they leaked once and when he tried to turn it on it nearly exploded.
Still, if you will buy cheap stuff, then that's only inevitable.
iPod batteries are different though. It was probably faulty or something.

 

[PB_and_J]

Probably not a heat issue, more than likely some kind of malfunction or defect in the batteries. Similar to the Dell battery situation.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/...ce/en/2006/2006_08_14_rr_002?c=us&l=en&s=corp

That would be my guess.

Agreed, but either way, I won't buy another ipod ever, costs too much for an average mp3 player.

 

[The Helper]

Agreed, but either way, I won't buy another ipod ever, costs too much for an average mp3 player.

I agree as well. I see absolutely no reason to buy something that locks you in to all the proprietary stuff Apple does.