iPod sets man's pants on fire

I hope he bought AppleCare with that iPod...lol!!!

Man, this is not funny at all, but the comments you guys wrote are so funny that i laughed so hard at a usually quiet Starbucks! hahaha....

fire fire help the ipods are attacking god no

No, I agree his mom was totally looking for $$ - she seemed shady and was annoying with her "we could have been sleeping!" crap -- like, I listen to my iPod before going to sleep - but I use the sleep timer. And if it is in your pocket - WORKING - while you are driving a vehicle - you have bigger issues. Like...plug it into the stereo or turn it off - do NOT listen to earphones while driving - the traffic is bad enough and the drivers are dumb enough in Atlanta as it is, we don't need any help. Still, I do believe that the thing exploded. Chest high flames? Um, no. Smoking, burning, nasty smelling lithium explosion? Absolutely.

Sounds way bogus to me. Which is why I haven't blogged it. And it's certainly not a slow news day - even for opportunists.

From the video posted over at engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/ipod-nana-spews-chest-high-flames-from-trousers-lawsuit-at/) it looks like the guy was very lucky. The "chest high" flames barely even singed his pocket. That's good workmanship on his trousers to repel such a ferocious explosion as he seems to describe...

Or, he could just be exaggerating. It doesn't even sounds like he wanted more than the replacement, his MOM was the one that called the news.

The thing I saw last night made it look like he was one of the guys that drags planes or whatever -- a friend of mine used to do that (at the same airport, natch) and he had to wear coveralls - but if he was wearing regular pants, my bad. Either way - it totally makes sense that the paper saved him from being scalded - because the battery exploded - the thing didn't spontaneously combust - it started smoking and burning -- it wasn't like a huge fire. Think laptop battery, because it's the same thing. They showed the dude's Nano on the news last night and it looked like it had been stuck in the microwave or something. I seriously doubt he's making it up, because it sounds like a bit of an elaborate scheme to get a new $150 device.

The thing I saw last night made it look like he was one of the guys that drags planes or whatever -- a friend of mine used to do that (at the same airport, natch) and he had to wear coveralls - but if he was wearing regular pants, my bad. Either way - it totally makes sense that the paper saved him from being scalded - because the battery exploded - the thing didn't spontaneously combust - it started smoking and burning -- it wasn't like a huge fire. Think laptop battery, because it's the same thing. They showed the dude's Nano on the news last night and it looked like it had been stuck in the microwave or something. I seriously doubt he's making it up, because it sounds like a bit of an elaborate scheme to get a new $150 device.

Guys,
It doesn't say he was wearing coveralls. It says he worked at a kiosk in the airport. Which means he wasn't doing the heavy labor typically associated with an airport job. It's probably a merchandise booth in the terminal.

Works at an airport and wearss coveralls? I'm picturing a bag handler or mechanic... How many times in a year do you think the iPod nano got whacked hard, front, back and all over. I smell damaged goods.