iPod becomes iBomb...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/iPod-explodes/2005/05/13/1115843351825.html?oneclick=true

Don't put your iPod through the washing machine. And if for some reason you do, don't try to fix it with a screwdriver.

That's the advice of fire investigators probing a small explosion that burned a hole in the bed of a Melbourne teenager who tried to perform emergency surgery on his ailing mp3 player.

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I put my Shuffle through the washing machine *and* dryer accidentally the other day. aside from very slight deformations around the edge (it looks like the front and back sunk ever-so-slightly) it works like a champ. :)

can't get the article...don't wanna register.

Age is a reasonable paper, almost miss it. Good weekend paper.
I never understood this story, whoopdedoo, damaged batteries can be dangerous, if it wasn't an iPod it wouldn't have even have made the local paper.