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iPod Dangerous When Wet

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the potential-hazards dept.

puggsincyberspace writes "What do you do when your mom washes your iPod? Fix it, of course. A teenager in Australia found out the hard way that messing with the insides of his iPod is dangerous and needed medical attention after it exploded."

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  1. The kid pierced the Li Ion battery with a screwdri by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The kid pierced the Li Ion battery with a screwdriver. It wouldn't matter if this was an iPod, rio, nomad, dell dj, mobile phone or the interior of a LiIon laptop battery from any manufacturer.

    The kid tried to argue with the laws of physics, and as always - lost.

  2. Re:The kid pierced the Li Ion battery with a screw by t_allardyce · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, all that matters now is that when the press runs a story with the words 'iPod' and 'exploded' it won't matter how much you talk about LiIon batteries, people are going to believe that iPods are the problem and that they randomly explode.

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  3. Re:All I have to say is by psavo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think this is where RFID could help a LOT. There's just no reason for electronics class device to be inside a washing machine.

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  4. Nice tabloid journalism there... by Harker · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Teenager's iPod goes boom

    You don't see what really happened until much further down the article (around 3/4 of the way through) emphasis mine:

    "It wasn't working, the young fella tried to undo it or fix it with a screwdriver and at that stage there was an explosion, or more of a pop.


    Gotta love the media. Anything for a sensational headline.

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