arstechnica.com — "Liar liar, pants on fire!" One kid from Cincinnati won't be able to listen to that one again after allegedly having an iPod touch actually set his pants on fire, resulting in melted underwear and second degree burns on his leg.
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nukeleearrMar 13, 2009
Yay, He wont't want to use an Apple product again.FYP
mcjackhammerMar 13, 2009
I'm a Dell user, and I can vouch for this. When you sell a popular product, eventually one sample will match up with a frivoluos sue-happy customer who'll try to milk you dry of your money for profit. That's why cases like these usually fall on the wayside with time because the complaint's found to have not much merit in the end.I mean, really, how hot does it have to get before you realize your crotch is burning???
Closed AccountMar 14, 2009
If you paid for an extremely overpriced product, you'd start a class action lawsuit, notify news outlets, post OMG APPLE SUX on the internet, and condemn the company for its monopolistic proprietary sandboxing lock-in that leads to fires, too!
fxu1989Mar 14, 2009
ASCII what you did there.
spriggigMar 14, 2009
Well, like the 43 year old pseudo-nerd that I am, I wear my Touch in a case on my belt. So, it'd have to burn through my jeans to get to the speedo thong I wear as underwear.
crasymikeMar 14, 2009
Use that for what?
mrenerstatMar 14, 2009
Mine has heated up to the point it's not comfortable to keep your hand on it. I took it to the local Apple store and their senior tech looked at it and said "just reset it" and it will be ok. It does that about once every 6 weeks or so. I believe it could get hot enough to burn material (or skin). I predict an Apple recall if someone (who's father is a lawyer) gets badly burned.
chrismusafMar 14, 2009
That's why it's not a "laptop" anymore, it's a notebook. Fortunately, however, the new unibody machines seem to be running much cooler (better heat dispersion, I suppose). I can comfortably use the new MacBook for hours, while the old 12" PowerBook would scold me regularly.
thesabaMar 15, 2009
a balm is unpredictable who told you to put the balm on did i tell you to put the balm on?
judgemonkeyJun 30, 2009
Well maybe testing should be done that even if the battery gets hot, it doesn't blow up? I've had plenty of electronics get so hot that you can't even handle them, and they've all failed to explode, if you can call that a failure.