Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Aug 2009 08:47 UTC, submitted by anonymous
I think we just found out why we aren't hearing more stories of exploding and burning iPods. Ken Stanborough had to throw his daughter Ellie's iPod Touch outside, because it got too hot to hold, and he could see vapour. Within 30 seconds, he could see smoke, he heard a pop, and the Touch went 10ft into the air. After contacting Apple, the company denied liability, but offered a refund. However, Apple said that in accepting the money, Stanborough was not allowed to talk about the existence of the agreement - or else Apple would sue him. Update: Apple told Sky News Online that the letter with the gagging order is standard practice.
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2005-07-06
That's an overly simplistic view.
Some companies value their public image and while admitting faults and issuing product recalls costs money on the short term (bad for the profits), on the long term it's good PR (good for the profits).
Apple is just being arrogant and stupid. It's not surprising given that it seems to be their core values (and the two main things that characterize apple fanboys).