Comments on: iPod bursting into flames alert

By: horace

horace — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:10:34 +0000

But still, you should probably avoid listening to your iPod while gassing up your car.

By: rpsms

rpsms — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:07:01 +0000

There were only 15 reports out of 150 million units. Sounds more like iPanic

By: MadScientist

MadScientist — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:34:18 +0000

@idlemind: Mine will have a “lithium-polymer” type. There are many battery manufacturers and some still have an excellent reputation. I know of a few I can buy batteries from and need not worry about exploding batteries, but I’ll take my chances that my player will have batteries from reputable folks.

By: idlemind

idlemind — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:23:58 +0000

Just be sure that your mp3 player doesn’t have lithium batteries, MadScientist, since they seem to be the issue here. Oops, I guess they all have ’em…

By: MadScientist

MadScientist — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:57:10 +0000

Homeland Security missed it because they were concentrating on watching people with more than one iPhone.

I’m thinking of buying a portable personal music player and it definitely won’t be an iPod. There are far cheaper products that are really good (and also really good products which are more expensive). I’m glad an iPod was never a consideration; I’m not keen on unplanned iExplosions and iFires.