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General => Akihabara => Topic started by: Guchi_Jnr on March 13, 2008, 03:43:27 AM
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The government said Wednesday it is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc.'s iPod after a reported case of sparks shooting from one of the popular digital portable players while recharging.
An official at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry overseeing product problems said a defect in the lithium-ion battery is suspected in the iPod Nano, model number MA099J/A.
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Lithium-ion batteries have been blamed for a series of blazes in laptops recently that have resulted in massive global recalls.
The ministry said about 425,000 iPods of the same suspected model were shipped to Japan by Apple. (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080313a9.html)