Tag: EXPLODING IPOD

Apple has received so much attention and criticism over explosive and incendiary gadgets that it's definitely time for a fiery reversal of fortune. After being plagued for years by volatile iPods and iPhones, the company has again made the news -- this time with an incinerated iMac. But, in this particular situation, the gadget wasn't actually the source of the flames. After an inferno ...

There's something about iPhones and Europeans. Call us suspicious, but it seems that every time one of Apple's highly popular smartphones gets near a European, it self-destructs in some sort of robo-kamikaze explosion. Just in the past month, we've reported on that one kid in France whose eye caught a flying shard of iPhone screen, and that other guy in England whose iPod touch burst into flames ...

The lithium-ion batteries used in laptops and cell phones possess well-known destructive capabilities. Sony, at one point, was forced to recall 7 million batteries because of incidents involving smoking and exploding gadgets, and Japan even demanded that Apple investigate exploding iPod Nanos. Earlier this month, an English man hurled his daughter's iPod touch into his backyard when it started ...