“Apple Inc. said Tuesday that batteries from a single supplier are to blame for the meltdown of some models of its tiny iPod Nano [sic] digital music player,” Jessica Mintz reports for The Associated Press.
“The company’s written statement came in response to a Japanese government report that two iPod Nanos overheated in Tokyo, scorching nearby paper and a woven straw mat,” Mintz reports.
“Apple said the flaw affected first-generation Nanos, sold between September 2005 and December 2006, in very rare instances. The company’s statement added that ‘There have been no reports of serious injuries or property damage, and no reports of incidents for any other iPod nano model,'” Mintz reports.
“Japan’s government has been working with Apple to investigate three separate cases of iPods that overheated while being recharged, according to Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry official Hiroyuki Yoshitsune. A defect in the lithium-ion battery was suspected in all three cases… No one was injured during the two Tokyo incidents disclosed Tuesday,” Mintz reports.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: According to Apple, any first generation iPod nano customers who have experienced their battery overheating should contact AppleCare for a replacement. Any other customers who have concerns about their first generation iPod nano battery should also contact AppleCare.
Story is getting smaller now. Was 3 and now is 2 very old discontinued nanos.
Good news. Even the very bad defective batteries in 2 (or 3) nanos last 2 or 3 years!
So we shouldn’t recharge them with 240 or 480V!
Lesson Learned.
Apple’s response means this story is not going to leave the public’s attention as soon as I thought. I wonder what “sparked” interest in this story again. Cue the FUD writers….
Peace.
You probably have a greater chance to get hit by lightning than to have your iPod catch fire. That one kid that got zapped could testify to that.
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I have a problem with my PowerBook 100 that I bought in 1991; my battery has recently caught fire and I want Apple to fix this… If they can’t I want a replacement notebook computer from them.
How far back do we have to go here!!???
<< I have a problem with my PowerBook 100 that I bought in 1991; my battery has recently caught fire and I want Apple to fix this… >>
If the fire burned your house down- I got a feeling your attitude would be different.
When it comes to consumer safety- and safety being the key word here- there should be no expiration date.
Is that a fire in your pocket or you just glad to see me?
A fire.
I think the Japs are wasting a lot of fuel blaming Apple and Dell for battery mishaps. They can solve the problem in a more “green” manner by keeping their commentaries on the islands and asking Sony what it intends to do with all the defective batteries it has made in the last few years.
Just my $0.02
@ILuvMyMacs
“If the fire burned your house down- I got a feeling
your attitude would be different.”
Funny you should say that: I’ve just run the numbers to compare the risk of a nano burn to all of the risks of household fires.
There’s a tad over 300,000 household fires per year, just in North America.
Over the ~2.5 year period of these defective nanos, that works out to ~3/4 million home fires…oh, and around 2500 deaths.
“When it comes to consumer safety- and safety being
the key word here- there should be no expiration date.”
Scientifically, it is impossible to avoid all risk. But if you wish to take every step to minimize yours, then after you read this post, you’ll have to post a “goodbye” message, because to make your home safer, you’ll have to shut down its heating system and its entire electrical system (thus, no more computers), as they are the #2 and #3 causes of household fires. The #1 cause is the kitchen, so I hope that you had a nice bacon & eggs breakfast, because you’ll also be choosing to eat only cold meals for the rest of your life.
…and let’s not even get started on that risk of the automobile you drive!
This hopefully serves as an illustration as to how we can get so irrational when it comes to real -vs- perceived risks in life.
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you were rollin! God how I love perspective and common sense. Gave me goose bumps.