Summary: New problems for Apple as its overhyped products explode spontaneously on customers

TODAY'S report from Australia could not come at a better time. An hypePod nano turn out to have just exploded and this is not only a risk to people's lives. It is also bad publicity for Apple (the shares are declining as a result), which is now forced to post warnings about explosions caused by its shoddy hardware:

Apple's Japanese unit has promised to improve website warnings over its first-generation iPod Nano music player after incidents of it overheating and catching fire, a government statement said.

This is also covered in:

• Apple to set up Japan Web warning on problem iPods
• Apple to set up Japan Web warning on problem iPods
• Apple to Publish Nano Fire Fix on Orders From Japan
• Apple Told to Post Notice About Overheating Nanos
• Apple is ordered to disclose burning Ipod Nano options
• Apple's iPod Fire Prevention Plans Are Under Review at Trade Ministry
• Apple warns: iPod Nano devices flammable
• iPod Nano music players may overheat says Japanese government
• iPod Nano 1G’s Overheating Problem
• Apple told to publicize iPod fix
• Apple to respond to burn reports from iPod Nano overheating malfunction
• Apple Ordered to Post Battery Replacement Details for First-Generation iPod Nano in Japan
• Apple ordered to replace batteries for iPod nanos in Japan
• Japan to Apple: Release Overheating iPod nano Info
• 34 Minor iPod Accidents: Apple Under Scrutiny By The Japanese Government
• Apple's Great Japanese Nano Fires of 2010
• Apple Japan fails to report 34 minor iPod nano accidents+
• Apple ordered to publicize iPod fix in Japan
• Japan tells Apple to publish info on overheating iPod nanos

The latest about the antenna issues is a subject we covered yesterday. Apple represents hype and totality, not quality. ⬆

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