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Japan Demands Probe of iPod Nano Flameouts

Posted by kdawson on from the hot-pockets dept.

iminplaya sends in an item from TechNewsWorld that begins, "Several incidents of iPod Nanos bursting into flames have created consumer jitters in gadget-happy Japan. Apple is downplaying the problem, pointing out that no major injuries or damage have been reported. The problem is due to defective batteries, the company said, and only a tiny percentage of the devices have caught on fire." Japan has seen 14 such incidents so far, two in recent days. iminplaya adds, "I like that. Only a 'tiny percentage'... Is anybody beginning to understand why I would prefer that these devices not be allowed on airplanes?"

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  1. spontaneous combustion by OrangeTide · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only a tiny percentage of people have ever burst into flames. We shouldn't let them on airplanes either.

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    “Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
  2. Re:Yes, only a tiny percentage by x2A · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry your honor, I only punched fourteen people in the face after taking their money. That's such a tiny percentage of the people I took money from.

    There, tried to make that funnier for you in a way that I've seen lots of people doing lately, but seem to have failed.

    There, fixed that for ya.

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    The revolution will not be televised... but it will have a page on Wikipedia
  3. Re:No major injuries... by smittyoneeach · · Score: 5, Funny

    losing your right hand a "minor" injury.

    But in /.-land, a tremendous setback to the love life.

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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  4. Re:Yes, only a tiny percentage by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm hoping the /. groupthink is too distracted to notice.

  5. Flying by statistic by SEWilco · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only a tiny percentage of planes burst into flames, too.