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Apple Sought Gag Deal Over Exploding iPod

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 4, 2009 4:39 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Apple tried to silence an angry British father and daughter with a gag order after the girl's iPod Touch exploded and "went 10 feet in the air," said the dad. The company offered a full refund of $275 for the music player, but only if the two agreed to sign a confidentiality agreement about the settlement—which threatened a lawsuit if they talked, reports the Times of London. "We didn’t ask for compensation, we just asked for our money back," the father said.

This is not the first report of an exploding iPod. In March, an Ohio mother brought suit against Apple after her son's player blew up in his pocked and burned his leg. Japan has reported 13 cases of exploding iPod Nanos.

An Apple customer said he threw an overheating iPod Touch out of his back door, and within 30 seconds there was a pop, a big puff of smoke and it went 10 feet in the air.
An Apple customer said he threw an overheating iPod Touch out of his back door, and "within 30 seconds there was a pop, a big puff of smoke and it went 10 feet in the air."   (©The_Ladd)
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COMMENTS
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Jojo
Aug 4, 2009 11:03 AM CDT
You put your ipod next to your willy on cold winter nights?
NxBigmouthery
Aug 4, 2009 10:27 AM CDT
Note to self...stop putting iPod near willy on cold winter nights.
wwwonderer
Aug 4, 2009 3:52 AM CDT
Sometimes the cover up is worse than the actual incident being covered up. This makes Apple look bad, as they KNEW about the issue.

 
United Kingdom • Apple • iPod • iPod Nano • iPod Touch • portable media players • gag order • confidentiality

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