
Someone’s mom is suing Apple, Inc. because of another iPod Touch mishap. Yes, this is not the first time an iPod Touch. The first one that was reported happened a year ago to the day to one Max (the photo above is his iPod Touch). Then a few days later, another iPod Touch, this time owned by a Ryan F., caught fire. He said he’s sure the Apple PMP burned fromthe inside. Here are the original Engadget reports: Max’s and Ryan F.’s.
Now another iPod Touch caused injury to a minor in Cincinnati, and Apple is getting sued, including ten Apple Store employees.
As the story goes, the iPod touch was sitting in the “off” position when it unexpectedly popped and caused the kid to feel a burning sensation. At that time, he stood up and noticed that his pants were, in fact, on fire. “Plaintiff A.V. immediately ran to the bathroom and took off his burning pants with the assistance of a friend,” reads the complaint. “On said date and at said time, the Apple iTouch had burned through Plaintiff A.V.’s pants pocket and melted through his nylon/spandex underwear, burning his leg.”
Arstechnica has more details and a brief analysis of the physics of an iPod Touch burning through a hole in a kid’s pants and underwear.




March 13th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
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