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Story is getting smaller now. Was 3 and now is 2 very old discontinued nanos.

Good news. Even the very bad defective batteries in 2 (or 3) nanos last 2 or 3 years!

Aug 19, 08 - 04:38 pm Comment from: minime

So we shouldn't recharge them with 240 or 480V!

Lesson Learned.

Aug 19, 08 - 04:41 pm Comment from: Lurker_PC

Apple's response means this story is not going to leave the public's attention as soon as I thought. I wonder what "sparked" interest in this story again. Cue the FUD writers....

Peace.

You probably have a greater chance to get hit by lightning than to have your iPod catch fire. That one kid that got zapped could testify to that.

Aug 19, 08 - 05:48 pm Comment from: Predrag

I have a problem with my PowerBook 100 that I bought in 1991; my battery has recently caught fire and I want Apple to fix this... If they can't I want a replacement notebook computer from them.

How far back do we have to go here!!???

<< I have a problem with my PowerBook 100 that I bought in 1991; my battery has recently caught fire and I want Apple to fix this... >>

If the fire burned your house down- I got a feeling your attitude would be different.

When it comes to consumer safety- and safety being the key word here- there should be no expiration date.

Aug 19, 08 - 08:22 pm Comment from: iDon't

Is that a fire in your pocket or you just glad to see me?

A fire.

Aug 20, 08 - 06:57 am Comment from: Ray

I think the Japs are wasting a lot of fuel blaming Apple and Dell for battery mishaps. They can solve the problem in a more "green" manner by keeping their commentaries on the islands and asking Sony what it intends to do with all the defective batteries it has made in the last few years.

Just my $0.02

Aug 20, 08 - 06:57 am Comment from: -hh

@ILuvMyMacs

"If the fire burned your house down- I got a feeling
your attitude would be different."

Funny you should say that: I've just run the numbers to compare the risk of a nano burn to all of the risks of household fires.


There's a tad over 300,000 household fires per year, just in North America.

Over the ~2.5 year period of these defective nanos, that works out to ~3/4 million home fires...oh, and around 2500 deaths.


"When it comes to consumer safety- and safety being
the key word here- there should be no expiration date."

Scientifically, it is impossible to avoid all risk. But if you wish to take every step to minimize yours, then after you read this post, you'll have to post a "goodbye" message, because to make your home safer, you'll have to shut down its heating system and its entire electrical system (thus, no more computers), as they are the #2 and #3 causes of household fires. The #1 cause is the kitchen, so I hope that you had a nice bacon & eggs breakfast, because you'll also be choosing to eat only cold meals for the rest of your life.

...and let's not even get started on that risk of the automobile you drive!

This hopefully serves as an illustration as to how we can get so irrational when it comes to real -vs- perceived risks in life.


-hh

@hh

you were rollin! God how I love perspective and common sense. Gave me goose bumps.