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Apple Ordered to Investigate Exploding iPod Nanos

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Mar 12th 2008 at 11:17AM

Japan Asks Apple to Investigate Exploding iPods
Exploding gadgets are nothing new, but governments ordering companies to investigate them is. The Japanese government has ordered Apple to investigate a possible defect in the iPod Nano that occasionally causes the diminutive player to burst into flames.

The likely culprit is the media player's lithium-ion battery, which is the cause behind exploding cell phones and the piles of burning laptops. The Japanese government offered a strongly worded warning to Apple for failing to promptly investigate after an incident in January when a charging iPod shot sparks into the air.

However don't expect much from a company investigating itself.

From Engadget

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Pregnant Woman's Nokia Phone Battery Explodes

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Sep 4th 2007 at 3:39PM



We have a fascination with people being hurt, maimed or even killed by cell phones. Call us morbid, but we just can't help it.

Less than a month after Nokia recalled 46 million batteries from its BL-5C series, the Finnish cell phone maker might have to start thinking about recalling yet another series. An Indian woman (pregnant, no less!) suffered (thankfully) mild burns when her three year old Nokia exploded ten minutes after she plugged it in to the charger.

The exploding battery was not part of part of the previously recalled series, but from the BL-D3 series. Nokia says it was an isolated incident and if the phone, charger and battery all turn out to be original, the woman will be compensated. We don't know which Nokia phones are affected with the BL-D3 series batteries, but check the Nokia Web site for further updates.

Even if this is an "isolated" incident, it gets us nervous since the news increasingly tells us we're carrying around so many potential firestarters in our bags and pockets: Laptops burst into flames, cell phone batteries explode, and, it seems as though Sony has to recall batteries every couple of months.

We don't know about you, but we're beginning to feel a little bit like walking time-bombs.

From Engadget

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Laptop Battery Recall: Are You Affected?

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Jul 20th 2007 at 2:37PM

Toshiba Joins in Sony's Battery Woes
Well it seems that Sony just can't catch a break with its batteries. Actually, It seems like we the consumer just can't catch a break with batteries in general. Whether they're exploding in our pockets, bursting into flames, or just costing us a whole lot to replace.

Toshiba is the latest victim of Sony's massive battery recall, which has resulted in the recall of some 9.6 million batteries manufactured during December of 2005 after three incidents in which the batteries burst into flames. Toshiba says the recall affects 5,100 of its units, and is pointing customers toward its page for the battery recall program where they can see if their laptops are affected, and if they qualify for a free replacement.

With Sony having to swallow the cost of nearly 10 million battery recalls, is it any wonder the PS3 is so expensive? And what took Toshiba so long to decide it needed to recall the batteries? Toshiba had to have known for some time that it made laptops with defective batteries in them. What, was some bean counter sitting there weighing the recall cost against the probability of another battery injuring a customer? Thankfully in the end, reason won out over the bottom line.

From I4U News

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