Apple’s iPod nano emits sparks in Japan - govt

One of Apple’s accepted iPod nano media players gave off blaze while actuality recharged in Japan in January, Japan’s barter admiral said, bidding a assurance investigation.

No one was aching in the adventure and Apple is attractive into the account and blockage whether there accept been agnate cases, an official from the Admiral of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Wednesday.

Apple admiral in Japan were not anon accessible for comment.

The incident, involving an beforehand archetypal awash in Japan, the MA099J/A, occurred on January 8 in Kanagawa prefecture abreast Tokyo, the official said. Apple appear the amount to the admiral on March 7.

Apple awash about 420,000 units a year of that nano archetypal in Japan from September 2005, the admiral said.

Apple has enjoyed able all-around appeal for iPod back its 2001 launch, demography over Sony Corp’s Walkman as the baron of carriageable music players.