Recently I read a news article in cnet.com about a 15years old kid getting burned by an exploding iPod Touch. Since I’m just a new iPod Touch user, it made me want to think what triggered such catastrophe and did I made a mistake of buying such dangerous gadget. According to the article, the kid just heard a loud pop which came from his pant’s pocket and immediately burned his pants and the kid with a 2nd degree burn in the process. The mother filed a $225,000 suit against Apple in compensatory and punitive damages. The writer of the article believes that the explosion is battery related, afterall, it is not the first time we have heard of a lithium batteryexploding. But what really alarms me the most is the number of exploding iPod. As I scan the internet for other similar news, I found out that there is indeed a number of accidents all related to an iPod exploding. And most of them are iPod Touch.
The question now is, should iPod users be scared to all of these? Is now the time for Apple to recall all the units sold? Not really I guess. Besides, this problem is just a small percentage compare to the hundreds of million of iPod units sold worldwide. For now, lets wait and follow these stories and find out what really made the iPod behave like that. We should also consider taking care of our gadgets. It is a complex machine after all, with features crammed in a small shell, anything can happen.