An iPod nano in Japan overheated and discharged sparks, the Japanese industry ministry said today.
Exploding batteries are back: last Friday, the battery of an Australian readers' Nokia 6230i phone exploded and flew across the room, burning a hole in her floor.
Apple and Dell have managed to track down and replace the vast majority of their potentially "exploding" batteries, which has allowed airlines to lift the restrictions placed on the use of notebooks in-flight.
Following reports of a Lenovo notebook catching fire at Los Angeles International airport earlier this month, Lenovo and Big Blue will recall 526,000 faulty notebook batteries worldwide.
Toshiba yesterday announced a global recall of 340,000 laptop batteries, but the company stressed that the recall was not a result of exploding battery packs, unlike the recent Apple and Dell recalls.
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