Filed under: Humor, iPod Family, Odds and ends
Can you think of a better way to start the weekend than with a nice set of photos of a burnt and melted iPod? Nope, we couldn't either. This set of destroyed iPod images is brought to you courtesy of Digg, where the submitter writes that the iPod exploded while charging "in a shower of sparks and smoke". Journalists say "if it bleeds, it leads". TUAW says if it goes boom, there's room. Or something like that. Enjoy the photos.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Greenline said 2:01PM on 3-30-2007
Awesome - not good but awesome
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mo said 2:02PM on 3-30-2007
what a lame post. maybe if it had burnt down a house or started a battery recall this would be worthy of attention.
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Stephen said 2:07PM on 3-30-2007
This is the second time this week I have been saddened by what I see here. Most of your stories originate on Digg these days. Why do I keep subscribing to you and Digg....?
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Lee Webb said 2:25PM on 3-30-2007
Ooooh, pictures of a burnt iPod. SFW? And more to the point, what's funny about it?
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tim said 2:50PM on 3-30-2007
no doubt some moron will buy it on Ebay next week.
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John said 3:41PM on 3-30-2007
amazing that no one was hurt in this. i remember the story of a dog saving his owner from being shocked from underground transformers on a Boston sidewalk. In an effort to retard or suppress injury from exploding ipods, Apple will launch the iDog later this year.
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marcos said 3:46PM on 3-30-2007
Why the hell was he charging it in the shower, let alone a shower of smoke and sparks? These things are neither waterproof nor smoke proof nor spark proof! The battery should only be charged in a dry environment free of billowing smoke clouds that rain down sparks. Says it right in the manual.
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YodaMac said 4:26PM on 3-30-2007
Well, I know when my iPod finally dies, I want it to go out with a BANG!
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Max Naylor said 4:47PM on 3-30-2007
#7: He was not charging it in the shower. It was a shower of sparks. It’s a metaphor. Get with it.
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David said 5:55PM on 3-30-2007
#9 (Max Naylor) ...I think he knows that. Get with it. :-)
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david said 7:09PM on 3-30-2007
I guess thats why Steve Jobs always says 'BOOM' in his keynotes? eh eh ;)
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Viktor said 11:32PM on 3-30-2007
The "iDog" name is already taken. : >
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JeffDM said 3:45PM on 3-31-2007
It looks like the charging system either failed, was damaged or was defeated. LiON batteries have a specific limit to which it allows charged. If it's overcharged by 1% then it's at risk of exploding. Good battery modules have charge limiters preventing this from happening, though some third party replacement modules might not have this important circuitry.
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Ryan said 6:26PM on 3-31-2007
THis guy is talking smack... I have the same iPod and no issues...
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