Eye on on Rotten Products: Apple is Facing Many Lawsuits, E.g. for Antenna Design and hypePods Catching Fire
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2010-08-04 12:39:25 UTC
- Modified: 2010-08-04 12:39:25 UTC
Summary: Our contributor "Malroy" shares the following two news links
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Another Bite out of Apple
Here we go again, yet another lawsuit against Apple – and their main telco service provider AT&T. This time, the suit involves the less than wonderful antenna design for the iPhone 4. Users have swamped Apple and numerous law firms across the U.S. over the past few weeks demanding action and filing actions in federal court. The gist of the complaint is that Apple knowingly released the iPhone 4 with a serious and pretty basic flaw.
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Overheating iPods: Japan Orders Apple To Act
Apple has been ordered to explain to Japan's industry ministry what it plans to do about cases of its iPod Nano music player overheating and catching fire.
There have been at least 27 incidents of the device overheating while charging.
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