Just like in our post a few months ago about the iPod nano catching fire... well it seems it is still happening. This is getting ridiculous and may lead to some serious lawsuits if it continues and if it actually "hurts" someone God forbid. It seems the iPod nano has reports of emitting sparks when charging. No one has said anything from Apple but this continues to be something that is being investigated by certain people. I know I plan on monitoring our iPod nano that we use for testing. I will be the first one to post up something if I see sparks. I have my lawyers number handy just in case. HA HA

Quote from Reuters: 

One of Apple's popular iPod Nano media players gave off sparks while being recharged in Japan in January, the country's trade ministry said, prompting a safety investigation. No one was hurt in the incident and Apple is investigating the cause and checking whether there have been any similar cases, an official from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Wednesday.

The incident, involving an earlier model sold in Japan, the MA099J/A, occurred on January 8 near Tokyo, the official said. Apple reported the matter to the ministry on Friday. Apple sold about 420,000 units a year of that Nano model in Japan starting in September 2005, the ministry said. Apple officials in Japan were not immediately available for comment.

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