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Apple admits iPod battery glitch

TOKYO: Apple said on Wednesday that iPod music players sold in 2005 and 2006 on rare occasion can overheat, fail and deform because of a battery defect traced to one supplier; other models are fine.

Apple’s comments in a statement follow a disclosure by the Japanese government on Tuesday that it is investigating a possible battery defect in the first-generation iPod Nano. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said it had received three reports of iPod Nano models overheating. The gadgets overheated, sending out sparks in one case, and scorching paper and a woven straw mat in the other cases, a government official said.

Apple said such problems are extremely rare, at “less than 0.001 percent of the first-generation iPod Nano” models sold. “There have been no reports of serious injuries or property damage, and no reports of incidents for any other iPod Nano model,” Apple said in a statement. Any customers who are worried about their iPod Nano devices, sold between September 2005 and December 2006, should contact AppleCare services, it said.

The government has been working with Apple to investigate the cause of the problem, and a defect in the lithium-ion battery had been suspected. — AP

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