nano HOT POCKETS for Japan
HOT POCKETS!
Japan Demands Probe Into Cause of Nano Flameouts
MacNewsWorld – ECT News Network 08/19/08 3:42 PM PT…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…more…
This story has been floating around Japan since last March: 03-12-2008 / AFP: Japan investigates after iPod nano overheats, sparks.
Normally Japan’s lackadaisical regulators take three to four years to look into such a problem, but in this case the evil foreign iPod nano has captured the majority of the market a new sales of MP3 players in Japan (causing Sony a great loss of face). My drinking buddy Greji recently quipped at this news that, “Japan must have a rival product to launch”, and another friend, Charles, chimed in that, “the irony is the defective batteries were made in Japan.”
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August 20th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Hey Taro, Apple is making a hot product!
August 20th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
This outcry has been brought to you by the many non-Apple companies who are envious as hell and angry at Apple for upsetting applecarts in Japan, like trying to sell music CDs for less than the $30 that they cost here.
August 21st, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Problem bigger than that…
Ipod use Lithium Polymer batteries, like mobile phone, computers (remember the Sony battery scandal) and a lot of other Gizmos.
LiPo batt are a short-life rushed-to-the-market technology. It’s commonly used for demanding RC like planes or electric helicopters. Except that in RC field, user know that LiPo are spears of damocles. And many not carefull enough have seen their model catching fire in mid-air and crashing into oblivion.
With the IPod and other gadget, consumers are not aware of any of the drawbacks. They just stay happy idiots who think everything in the world is a turnkey solution and never present any risk. And then go OMG OMG WTF WILL SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN when the shit hit the fan…
Just have to wait a little more, unlike previous batt technology, LiPo will certainly totally disappear when an alternative are found. For now research aim toward Lithium Hydrogen. Which is like taking a medium problem, and turning it into a bigger clusterfuck (think Hindenbourg). But A123 techno like in DeWalt pack seems much more promising.