The father of an 11-year-old girl said Apple tried to keep him from speaking about his daughter's iPod after it exploded last month.
Ken Stanborough said after he dropped the iPod Touch, it began hissing and started to get hot. As a precaution, he threw the iPod outside and "within 30 seconds there was a pop, a big puff of smoke and it went 10 (feet) in the air," he said.
Apple agreed to give them a refund, but only if he signed a confidentiality agreement, agreeing not to disclose any information about the incident. he found the letter "appalling" and refused to sign it.
To be fair, letters from companies in situations like this are most likely standard procedure. However, this isn't the first time Apple has been accused of trying to stop people from reporting on faulty iPods.
Amazing, exploding ipods. I suppose they need to review their hardware a little more in terms of safety standards. If explosion could ever happen to devices just by dropping it, that is dangerous. Imagine one unlucky person dropping a ipod touch while he is pumping petrol at the petrol station.Source : http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10302038-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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