Comment Re:Don't expect to see this in mainstream news (Score 3, Insightful) 314
The fact that your iPod may catch fire and burn down your house is not something to keep quiet about, no matter to what extent the problem goes.
Even when the odds are 1 in 11 million + units? You have a greater chance of winning a lottery than you do of getting burned by your iPod. For that matter, at least one of those cases was due to the user sitting down with the thing in their pants pocket. I can't tell you how many Nintendo Gameboys I had to repair with broken screens because the kids sat on them or stuffed them in their front pants pocket. You try sitting down with something about the size of your hand in your pocket; it's going to flex, and flexing is likely to bend the battery or some other component.
I mean, really! Out of over 175 Million units sold, only 15 had an overheating problem? That's more reliable than even the Model T!