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Apple Tries To Gag Owner of Exploding iPod

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the streisand-this dept.

David Gerard writes "The Times in London reports that Apple attempted to silence a father and daughter with a gagging order after the child's iPod music player exploded and the family sought a refund from the company. Well, at least they're not Microsoft. Or something."

12 of 475 comments (clear)

  1. What was that diturbance in the Force? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, at least they're not Microsoft. Or something.

    It's as if a billion Fanboys all cried out at once.

    1. Re:What was that diturbance in the Force? by Gumbercules!! · · Score: 5, Funny

      and were suddenly silenced... by a gag order.

  2. Picture by abigsmurf · · Score: 5, Funny

    The 11 year old wearing such heavy makeup (lipstick, mascara and other stuff I'm too manly to admit to knowing the names of) is far more worrying than the burnt out ipod she's holding

    1. Re:Picture by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I take it you never been to England then?

      make-up seems to be compulsory part of the school uniform from the age of 8 upwards

      I welcome anything that takes your eyes off their teeth.

  3. Re:Exploding ipod? Don't worry! by KDR_11k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple is going for the middle eastern fundamentalist market then?

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  4. Re:Exploding ipod? Don't worry! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not a bug, it's a feature!

    There's an app for that

  5. Re:Exploding ipod? Don't worry! by kimvette · · Score: 5, Funny

    You need to jailbreak the phone to install it though. Apple rejected it from the iTunes store because it duplicated their native functionality.

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  6. Re:Exploding ipod? Don't worry! by aplusjimages · · Score: 5, Funny

    iPlode is what you were looking for.

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  7. Re:Exploding ipod? Don't worry! by dna_(c)(tm)(r) · · Score: 5, Funny

    72 free downloads at Virgin records

  8. Re:Exploding ipod? Don't worry! by mdwh2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It Just Explodes.

    Apple may not have been the first to do this, but they were the ones who popularised it. They also make it easy: no need for complex buttons to press, Apple have pioneered the "open-hand" gesture, which causes the device to drop, and initiate destruction after a short time period.

    Other products may win out on paper in terms of pure feature lists, but it's the attention to little details, such as the seamless integration of a music player and a product that blows up in your face.

  9. Re:It turned me into a newt! by ZeroPly · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've had the opposite experience, personally...

    You bought something from Apple and it didn't burst into flame and/or explode?

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  10. Re:Exploding ipod? Don't worry! by 6Yankee · · Score: 5, Funny

    72, but they're all Slashdotters.