“The complaint [Baltazar v. Apple Inc., 10-03231, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California], filed July 23 in federal court in Oakland, seeks unspecified damages and class action, or group, status,” Rosenblatt reports. “It claims the iPad ‘does not live up to the reasonable consumer’s expectations created by Apple’ because it ‘overheats so quickly under common weather conditions.'”
Rosenblatt reports, “The iPad has a 9.7-inch touch-screen display that lets users read books and magazines, view videos, play games and surf the Internet. In direct sunlight, the tablet ‘turns off, sometimes after just a few minutes of use,’ according to the complaint.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Hold the lawsuits! Apple Board member Al Gore is working on the issue. 
Beyond that, every iPad ever shipped comes with Apple’s “iPad Important Product Information Guide.” It’s also online via Apple.com here. If the claimant and his ambulance chasers had RTFM, they’d have seen this rather crystal clear statement:
Keeping iPad Within Acceptable Temperatures Operate iPad in a place where the temperature is between 0° and 35° C (32° to 95° F). Low- or high-temperature conditions might temporarily shorten battery life or cause iPad to temporarily stop working properly. Avoid dramatic changes in temperature or humidity when using iPad, as condensation may form on or within iPad. Store iPad in a place where the temperature is between -20° and 45° C (-4° to 113° F). Don’t leave iPad in your car, because temperatures in parked cars can exceed this range. When you’re using iPad or charging the battery, it is normal for iPad to get warm. The exterior of iPad functions as a cooling surface that transfers heat from inside the unit to the cooler air outside.
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
— William Shakespeare
Henry The Sixth, Part 2 Act 4, scene 2, 71–78
The more I think about it,
Old Willy was right.
Let’s kill all the lawyers,
Kill ’em tonight!
— The Eagles
Get Over It!
Mine has overheated once. I have the black Apple case and left it in the sun for a while, maybe 20 minutes, and got a heat warning. Not terribly unexpected, mind you. But it does happen.
@ First 2010, then 2012
Like, snap out of it! Don’t you realize the world is coming to an END in 2012?
@leodavinci
I’m searching for the sense of humor in your post.
That’s funny.
@ Macromancer,
“I served sushi on my iPad and now it smells fishy”
There is more than one way to get your iPad smelling fishy.
Ummmm, sounds like a global warming issue. Has Al Gore pounced out of his castle to rally the science to stop this effect on the iPad.
Quick Al! We have to cool the planet or all slate will stop working by 2012!!!!
@ Ron
“My girl friend overheats in warm conditions – can I sue?”
yes, you may have a case!, Why don’t we set up a meeting, where I can take a deposition , heck I’ll do it Bono!
@First 2010
I appreciate the fact that living in your dream world of a conservative republican mop up in November is your way of coping with the current political climate. I really do.
However you need to give some thought to what you are going to do when that does not turn out to be the case. History points quite clearly to the fact that while there will be some republican gains in congress this November, for the most part republicans have surrendered the majority control of government for the next 40 years, more or less. The reality is, that while Europeans would call the most liberal democrat in the US something of a conservative; by our own standards we are drifting towards a more progressive era. Get used to it. And no, we won’t become communists anytime soon.
Wait!
My underwear goes on fire when I see a nice chick.
I’m going to soon the underwear company!
I MEAN SUE!
I’ve had that happen to me when sitting outside in the sunshine reading, but it wasn’t after two or so minutes, was more like a couple of hours. Also, the Oklahoma sun gets pretty hot in the summertime, so I won’t be suing Lord Steve-o over this. Here’s my novel solution after 58 years of research about the sun and how effin hot it is in the summer: I turn off the iPad and go in the house.
Yes, we are becoming more European in many ways and this is a growing trend.
Oddly, as Europe runs out of other peoples money, they are starting to become like we used to be. Farming more off to private companies, making government smaller, and fighting the unions to save or cut cost in benefits, extending retirement ages, cutting benefits to union and citizens, and giving doctors control that was once handled by the government. Should we follow the leaders as they change to keep from bankruptcy? NEVER!
Damn the icebergs-full speed ahead……
Odd.
My iPad doesn’t overheat, and use it every day in Hawaii. It’s pretty hot/humid here…..
@RicMac,
That’s a nice try, but it will turn out to be a wasted effort. Lunatic fringe like First 2010 don’t listen to anything except extreme party rhetoric and ideology. The more you try to reason with them, the more ideologically pure and belligerent they become. The best thing to do is to ignore the trolls; but I admit, it’s really difficult.
It’s a feature. Any well designed electronic device is going to shut down when it overheats.
RicMac, etc.:
Keep dreaming. Now for some facts. Note the polls below are of “Likely Voters (LV)” as opposed to the meaningless “Registered Voters (RV)” that other polls use:
Rasmussen, July 26: Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 36%
Rasmussen, July 23: Three-out-of four voters (75%) prefer free markets over a government-managed economy
Libs, keep lying to yourselves. Everything’s going to be just fine. You have control for the next 40 years. Heck, make it 140 years. No need to worry. No need to make sure you vote because everybody votes Democrat.
Libs: Your base isn’t big enough and you lost the admittedly vapid “Independents” over a year ago.
Gallup: In 2010, Conservatives Still Outnumber Moderates, Liberals
Last year’s increase in conservatism among independents is holding
Conservatives have maintained their leading position among U.S. ideological groups in the first half of 2010. Gallup finds 42% of Americans describing themselves as either very conservative or conservative. This is up slightly from the 40% seen for all of 2009 and contrasts with the 20% calling themselves liberal or very liberal.
The 2010 results are based on eight Gallup and USA Today/Gallup surveys conducted from January through June, encompassing interviews with more than 8,000 U.S. adults. The 42% identifying as conservative represents a continuation of the slight but statistically significant edge conservatives achieved over moderates in 2009. Should that figure hold for all of 2010, it would represent the highest annual percentage identifying as conservative in Gallup’s history of measuring ideology with this wording.
Gallup: USA 2010:
42% – Very Conservative, Conservative
34% – Moderate
20% – Liberal, Very Liberal
The ideological orientation of Americans seen thus far in 2010 would represent a record-high level of conservatism (since at least 1992) if it is maintained for the full year. This follows an increase in the percentage of conservatives in 2009 that was fueled by heightened conservatism among independents, a pattern that continues today.
Gallup, June 25: In 2010, Conservatives Still Outnumber Moderates, Liberals
I can’t wait for November 2nd!!!
As to the original thread, I’ve always believed that making the plaintiff’s attorneys responsible for court costs and subject to punitive damages (on behalf of the defendent) when they lose BS cases like this ought to help prevent this kind of legal abuse.
@RicMac,
See what I mean? Lunatic fringe.
“I left it in my car, along with my children while I went into Walmart. It was a nice day, 95 degrees and because I was going to leave my iPad in the car I made sure I rolled up the windows and locked the doors. When I came out both my children and my iPad was unresponsive. I’m suing Apple because my iPad wouldn’t work when I got in my car. I need money to pay for the kids funeral”.
Kevin J. Weise,
If anything’s “fringe,” it would be Liberals who are outnumbered 2-1 by Conservatives according to Gallup.
Funny, but predictable, how the Libs’ posts above contain no sources, polling, or facts.
RicMac and Kevin,
You’re both invited to my party on November 2nd. We’re having multiple HD screens showing MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS talking heads trying not to weep plus plenty of
” rel=”nofollow”>refreshments, party hats, free T-shirts, and <a >adult beverages</a>!
This is nuts! I live in NYC, and we’ve had a heat wave here for at least two weeks, with weather going over 100 degrees. I’ve had my iPad out in 95 degree weather, in the Apple case, carried in a black leather and nylon over the shoulder case (which gets hot!), and when taking it out and using it, never had a problem.
People here who know me know that I won’t hesitate to criticize Apple when they deserve it, but this is one area in which they’ve done very well.
It’s always possible that there are a few units that are defective in some way, possibly the batteries, but there’s no way this is a general class action problem.
I left my vinyl album on the radiator heater last January. The album melted and wouldn’t play. It still won’t!
My excellent mixed-tape cassettes on the dashboard in July, are not working anymore. At all!
Is there a lawyer out there who will <strike>gladly take my money and pretend to try to sue record and cassette makers</strike> help me fight these evil, monstrous, cassette and record makers?!
I mean, really, my two cases are way more serious (they were terminal!) than an electronic device that goes into sleep/save mode when the temperature is too high.
Help! Help!
@NHL – your mix tape cassettes contained pirated, stolen, and copyright protected materials. I expect you will be hearing from the lawyers very shortly.
Is there not an Apple flaw or mistake that Mac Daily News will not defend to the death?
I have an iPad. I was outside in San Francisco (not a city known for warm weather) in late may. It was warm (in the high 70s, low 80s) and I was standing in the sun in line for tickets. My iPad overheated and had to be turned off. Yes, the iPad over heats even when the ambient temperature isn’t beyond the operational specifications.