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An Atlanta man says his iPod Nano caught fire in his pants.
The nearly two year-old iPod caught fire in the pocket of Danny Williams at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where he is employed, according to Williams' mother, Elaine. The flames lasted 15 seconds and fire reached up to his chest, she said in a telephone interview.
Apple representatives were not immediately available for comment, but the company has since sent a packet to Danny to return the iPod Nano, she said.
Glossy paper in his pocket may have shielded him from getting burned by the fire, Danny Williams said in local news reports. "If TSA had come by and seen me smoking, they could have honestly thought I was a terrorist," Williams is quoted as saying.
The iPod contains a lithium-ion battery, which has a history of catching fire in laptops. Since December 2005 these batteries have been blamed for meltdowns and fires in several computers. Last year several manufacturers, including Apple, Dell, and Lenovo Group were forced to recall millions of the batteries.
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RE: iPod Nano catches fire in man's pocketBy Julie Bort on October 8, 2007, 12:20 pmMy daughter's two-year old nano just died, too. Not spectacularly like catching fire but it sputtered out of life by gobbling songs and refusing to play them. She...
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ProtectionBy Don Marti on October 8, 2007, 2:10 pmBut the iPod can also protect you from lightning -- so the safest thing to do would be to wear it all the time, but just take the battery out first.
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That's hot.......By Anonymous on October 8, 2007, 3:09 pmThat's hot.......
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Wow. Thank you, MicrosoftBy Anonymous on October 8, 2007, 3:17 pmWow. Thank you, Microsoft Marketing Astroturf Division, for your helpful and shameless plug.
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this just makes me think ofBy Anonymous on October 8, 2007, 3:21 pmthis just makes me think of the Indian character in the old movie Short Circuit - "his pants are on fire for yooooooou"
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Thank you for what?By Anonymous on October 8, 2007, 4:33 pmThank you for what?
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