RSSiPod Nano Catches Man's Pants on Fire
By the Betanews Staff | Published October 5, 2007, 5:39 PM
A Georgia man has escaped injury after the iPod nano he owned caught fire inside of his pocket, the exact cause of which is not yet known. Danny Williams of Douglassville, Georgia said all that protected him from burns was a piece of glossy paper that he had in his pocket along with the device. The burning nano did, however, burn a hole in the man's pants.
Williams works at a kiosk Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He said the incident could have posed a big problem: "If TSA had come by and seen me smoking, they could have honestly thought I was a terrorist," he told WSB-TV. According to Willams' parents, Apple has said it would replace the unit. Apple has so far refused to comment on the incident.
The following iPod playlist is now banned in all U.S. airports:
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" -- The Rolling Stones
"I'm On Fire" -- Bruce Springsteen
"Open Fire" -- 2Pac
"Walk Through Fire" -- Olivia Newton
"Set It On Fire" -- Tony Touch
"Light My Fire" -- The Doors
"Full of Fire" -- Al Green
"Great Balls of Fire" -- Jerry Lee Lewis
"Catch a Fire" -- Bob Marley
"On Fire" -- Van Halen
"Fire Down Below" -- Bob Seger
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|My pants...my pants...my pants are on fire...
But we don't need no water let the m*f*er burn.
Burn m*f*er, burn.
/couldn't resist
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|"Jump in the Fire" -- Metallica
"Fire and Ice" -- Pat Benetar
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|Anything by Firehouse....
//is this getting old yet?
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|Did SONY build the ipod battery?
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|What no one has thought of is that in fact his pants caught fire, badly damaging his ipod! ;-)
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|After the recent multi-million $ lawsuit over the judge's pants at the dry cleaners, I can't imagine how much this one might fetch in court.
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|Goodness Gracious! Great balls of fire!
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|Why Sue Apple? They didn't make the batteries (though they did choose to use them) If anyone should be sued it should be the battery makers, who should also replace the poor man's pants!
Plus also let's not jump, don't forget many users like to mod their iPods, not to mention replace drives andv batteries. I say get all the facts before we jump on the lawsuit bandwagon
Honestly i'm surprised companies still use Li-Ion batteries. we've already seen they are not efficient, as far as life expectancy and safety.
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|I'll bet he was playing pocket pinball and the "glossy paper" was actually a matchbook that he inadvertently ignited with the thrashing of his fingers, then conjured up the idea to blame the iPod in hopes of suing Apple ;)
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|Must been a hot song... lol i crap myself up
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|lol i crap myself up
TMI, girl, TMI...
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|This is entirely plausible and one of the problems with Li ion batteries. They are extremely sensitive to contamination (inside the battery itself). If quality isn't controlled, and contamination is introduced into the battery during manufacture, they can overheat and catch fire. This is the same issue that happened with the Sony/Dell batteries and the huge recall last year that everybody has already forgotten about.
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|Somebody PLEASE sue apple.
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|Here we have another educated and brilliant post with well documented facts and a solid argument.
Can you sense the sarcasm?
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|Exactly. If they find it was their fault, he should sue them.
About time someone grows balls and sues someone other than MS.
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|Oh just because someone says, "Sue Mac!" you get all huffy? If he had nothing else in his pockets other than a glossy piece of paper and the Nano, it's pretty much a smoking gun (or in this case a pair of smoking pants).
I kind of hope they do find Mac product responsible. It'd serve them right.
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|So if a company with millions of a product out there has *one* that catches fire, we should sue them?
You must be a liberal. We don't even know *half* of the details surrounding this case, and yer calling for a lawsuit. It's like that idiot congressman James Oberstar in MN standing at the site of the bridge collapse the *day* it happened calling for new taxes because "obviously" more pork for Duluth would have solved the problem. Or the newspapers in the area the *DAY AFTER* with the headline, "Who do we Sue??"
s*** happens, people. Get over it.
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|I'm a liberal too, but I'm not suggesting a lawsuit. Stop presuming people's political affiliation based on insufficient evidence!
--->You must be a liberal.
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|Doesn't work that way. I never said *every* liberal would sue. :)
If he wants to tell me he's not Liberal, fine. I won't actually believe it, but he can say it.
Don't like it? Sue me. ;)
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|Why does it take balls to sue someone?
Seems like second nature to most folks nowadays.
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|I don't like your response I am suing you :).
Man LAWYERS are running the country these days and sleezy politicans that get away with it thanks to the liers.
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|Williams should go to the doc about his bladder problem before he shorts out another nano.
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|He prolly was listening to his mission (from misson impossible) where it says "This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds) and somehow he couldn't pull the nano from his pants quickly enough. HAHA!
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|I have time and time again said that Nano's are gay. And now they also light your pants on fire. If you are going to buy an ipod, get a real ipod so if it does light you on fire, at least it wasnt a sissy little nano that did the deed.
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|^Comment of the day^
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|I'm sorry sir, but iPods are no longer allowed on the plane. But it's not a iPod it's a $600 iPhone. LOL
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|Isn't there any security cameras in that airport ?
There's something fishy with this story, like others have said so I'm putting a copyright on mine :)
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|So, the guy says the flames were coming up to his chest, yet has no burns and no one saw it happen but him?
Oh yeah, a piece of "glossy paper" saved him from burns.
Sounds kinda fishy to me.
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|Ricky Bobby, YOU'RE NOT ON FIRE!!!
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|LOL
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|Who wants to bet this all started with the words:
"Wanna see something really cool? Here, hold my beer."
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|Nah the article states that he works at the kiosk, that he's not a pilot so he wouldn't have a beer while working :)
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|get a life you 10 year old turd loser
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|Holy wow you have fans!
How??!!
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|you sir, deserve some respect, its hard taking crap all day from people.
i know, i work in a call center :)
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|and just imagine what a post like that makes people think of you.
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|I guess I just bring out the best in people. ;)
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|I'd say the man produced some friction heat in his pocket himself...
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|new anti piracy measure put into mp3 player's by our beloved friends at the riaa. if it detects illegal mp3's and about 78% of legal ones it will cause it to self destruct
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|this must be the precursor for the iphone 'brick' update.
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|Maybe his pants were made of burlap and he didn't close the matchbook he had in his pocket all the way.
It's kinda interesting.. I've had laptops that ran hot but that tiny ipod?? Do you think that could that really happen?? Very interesting.
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|Mine runs quite hot if you watch a 3hr film in .h264 (obviously [classic] iPod).
Not hot enough to catch fire though...
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|must be using sony battery
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|lol gold ;)
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|LOL
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|But which Nano was it? The fat one or the anorexic one?
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|I guess his pocket was the ultimate disco inferno.
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|We didn't start the fire, but...
/absolutely!
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|This is a setup to get wetup. Apple prepare for a lawsuit. Herrree we go again! weeee!
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|"...Apple has said it would replace the unit. Apple has so far refused to comment on the incident."
If Apple has already said they would replace the unit and have thus far refused comment, they MUST suspect something! Is it more iJunk or MacJunk?
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|It just means they have no comment. They may not have a clue in the world as to what really happened.
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|What songs was he playing, did he have a copy of Sister Sledge going? "FIIIIIIRE! FIIIIIIRE!"
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|I hope he had some class and went for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire
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|"..[my ipod] fell into a burn'n ring of fire...."
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|yeah right!... tell me another...
its just a lie... man trying to get some atention... for other purposes... money etc...
sad story...
regards!;)
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|"man trying to get some atention"
Much like you with that comment, then?
And it's 'attention', ok.
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|I'm sure that after more investigation it will turn out that the man was a liar liar.
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|*Groan*
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|No, that would obviously be George Bush. (according to the demented half of the population)
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|Lawsuit in 3, 2, 1...
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|He didn't get injured so he doesn't have a case. Maybe a new pair of pants...
However, if he is telling the truth, Apple may pay him to keep quiet. As it is, it sounds like he's trying to get his 15 minutes of fame.
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|Doesn't have a case? Like the guy not so long ago who sued the dry cleaners over his pants?
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|Now that is a "HOT" item!
/obligatory
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|Made in China, right?
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|You better believe it!
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|Made In Iraq
Caution: May contain traces of weapons of mass destruction.
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|Why would it contain traces of weapons of mass destruction?
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|If only you had asked this question in March of 2003!
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|I tried, they didn't listen to me. Cause they knew there wasn't any. =]
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|...which brings us back to Bush - (see above)
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