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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3-30-2007 @ 2:01PM
Greenline said...
Awesome - not good but awesome
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3-30-2007 @ 2:02PM
mo said...
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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3-30-2007 @ 2:07PM
Stephen said...
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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3-30-2007 @ 2:25PM
Lee Webb said...
Ooooh, pictures of a burnt iPod. SFW? And more to the point, what's funny about it?
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3-30-2007 @ 2:50PM
tim said...
no doubt some moron will buy it on Ebay next week.
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3-30-2007 @ 3:41PM
John said...
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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3-30-2007 @ 3:46PM
marcos said...
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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3-30-2007 @ 4:26PM
YodaMac said...
Well, I know when my iPod finally dies, I want it to go out with a BANG!
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3-30-2007 @ 4:47PM
Max Naylor said...
#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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3-30-2007 @ 5:55PM
David said...
#9 (Max Naylor) ...I think he knows that. Get with it. :-)
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3-30-2007 @ 7:09PM
david said...
I guess thats why Steve Jobs always says 'BOOM' in his keynotes? eh eh ;)
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3-30-2007 @ 11:32PM
Viktor said...
The "iDog" name is already taken. : >
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3-31-2007 @ 3:45PM
JeffDM said...
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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3-31-2007 @ 6:26PM
Ryan said...
THis guy is talking smack... I have the same iPod and no issues...
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