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Apple Faces Lawsuit Over iPad Overheating
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According to Wikipedia: "At a cruising altitude of 39,000 feet, a Boeing 767's cabin will be pressurized to an altitude of 6,900 feet." So the air pressure is a lot lower than on the ground, but clearly within specs for an iPad and probably most electronic equipment.
This has to do with greedy lawyers rather than actual problems in the iPad. Class action lawsuits are a huge gold rush for the shysters.
You'll be fine.
I've had it overheat, but only in direct sunlight. And as another poster here pointed out; in direct sunlight, it's pretty impossible to see past the reflection on the glossy display anyway!
So, it's a non-issue.
By reporting this story so prominently, it's another attempt by Bloomberg to piss off Apple.
Remember Bloomberg announced that Steve Jobs had died by publishing his obituary. They also claimed that Apple engineers had prior knowledge of iPhone antenna issues and reported them to Steve Jobs, who responded to that by calling it "total ********"
Remember Bloomberg announced that Steve Jobs had died by publishing his obituary. They also claimed that Apple engineers had prior knowledge of iPhone antenna issues and reported them to Steve Jobs, who responded to that by calling it "total ********"
Wasn't one of the main ideas behind the iPad to be an excellent ebook reader?
I do 99 % of my reading on the beach in the sun. Now I can't read because of a nasty glare the glass screen and of an overheating problem.
Nice. Kindle seems to look more pleasing and pleasing every day.....
I do 99 % of my reading on the beach in the sun. Now I can't read because of a nasty glare the glass screen and of an overheating problem.
Nice. Kindle seems to look more pleasing and pleasing every day.....
Hmm. This is still strange. All of the folks, I know, around here, who have them never had heating problems with the iPad. In fact, most consider the unit cool even when playing the currently most impressive 3D titles, on it. To this day, it's my coolest running device without a fan along with perhaps systems like the Nintendo DS.
Still, I could imagine hot *outer* conditions causing it to perform an emergency shutdown. I'm sure there maybe some failures out there, which might have a manufacturing problem. But nothing I would imagine to cause a class-action lawsuit. Heck, if this were to get such a thing, most other companies might be worried that they'll be next.
I've had it outside, but I haven't put it in a place where the system was lying face up with direct sunlight going into it, over time. I have it in the case, and it's closed when unattended. When reading, I tend to angle it so that too much direct sunlight isn't going into it. It only gets but so bright.
Still, I could imagine hot *outer* conditions causing it to perform an emergency shutdown. I'm sure there maybe some failures out there, which might have a manufacturing problem. But nothing I would imagine to cause a class-action lawsuit. Heck, if this were to get such a thing, most other companies might be worried that they'll be next.
I've had it outside, but I haven't put it in a place where the system was lying face up with direct sunlight going into it, over time. I have it in the case, and it's closed when unattended. When reading, I tend to angle it so that too much direct sunlight isn't going into it. It only gets but so bright.
I left my iPad in the car on the seat during a hot day by accident. I got the warning that it had to shutdown because of the heat. I was relieved that within a few minutes of air conditioning, the iPad worked perfectly with no damage.
I think this is another fake issue that people are making a big deal out of nothing. Free cookies and cooling pad for iPad users for next press conference by Steve Jobs.
I think this is another fake issue that people are making a big deal out of nothing. Free cookies and cooling pad for iPad users for next press conference by Steve Jobs.
I live in Dubai (one of the hottest places on earth) it's 120F degress + all the time and i never had temperature warning
iPad Temperature Limits:
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
Kindle Temperature Limits:
Operating temperature— 32°F to 95°F (0°C to 35°C).
Storage temperature— 14°F to 113°F (-10°C to 45°C).
Taken from the manuals of both devices.
Nice. Paper books seem to look more pleasing everyday...
Fine. When the temperatures there drop to 10 F, don't complain to us that it's cold.
Boston is not designed for long stretches of 90+ F weather - office dress codes don't take it into account, smaller buildings don't have central air, ...
let me see about this formula...
pool(water) + directSunLight(heat_n_Light) + iPad(coolDev) = f(?)
homework: find the value of ' ? '
Troll much? So you get a sun burn by sitting in direct sunlight for hours on end? If you do, you should be more worried about skin cancer.
I assume that you are not in "direct" sunlight but under a sun umbrella.
Anyway, as other people have pointed out, the operating specs are the same for both the kindle and iPad. The main difference is that the iPad has a black bezel which can cause it to heat up if you leave it in the sun.
Despite the fact that I'm disillusioned with many of the things Apple have done recently, I find this news laughable. The iPad gets no hotter than any mobile device I've used - and considerably cooler than laptops or notebooks I've used. Seems like people just need to sue....
I really don't understand why most of the post people posting can't even entertain the idea that this might be happening. The temperature sensors could be defective. Ignore the fact that this is a suit and realize that there actually could be a problem.
Truly sir.
This whole issue, which is kinda role model for thousands of other lawsuit cases, clearly puts US out of destination charters for the saner part of the world for a looong time.
As long as they don't activate nuclear assault devices of some sort which can damage and hurt other nations, they're free to slaughter themselves in courtrooms as they please.
Then the rest of the world will have a great land for re-collonisation with some mindful creatures instead.
And do you know what's the temperature in direct sunlight?
Temperatures, when you read them in the news, are measured in shade, and in direct sunlight temperatures during summer times jump to 55-60 degrees C instantly, which is 130-140 degrees F, and even more during the midday. If you sit on a concrete floor next to pool the temperature could be even higher than if you were sitting on a lawn. Put your thermometer in full sun and see it boiling within minutes. Your skin cells boil inside too, causing them death and serious mutations.
The reason temperatures are measured in certain conditions (shade) is because smart people long ago agreed shaded areas are places people will hide in during summers, and won't spend all day in direct sunlight reading their iPads to damage their health, or to complain about nothing else but their own lack of reason.
So if you use your own body out of safety specs, why do you expect an electronic device -- which has it mentioned when and how it performs best -- to perform outside those specs? Simply because you do it, it doesn't mean other things ought to. So you want to stretch them to comply to your definition of reasonable, same as you want stretch that term to everything else in your life, which is far, far beyond anything smart people agreed with and named reasonable.
A Load of Crap ...
Using any device with an LCD in direct sunlight is generally a bad idea, as it will cause damage to the display. As such I always make sure not to have either my MacBook, iPhone or iPad facing the sun: ever. My original 1st generation iPhone was in the car, while I was driving and had direct sunlight only for part of the display and sure enough: that part of the display developed a small "ghost" that never went away.
Let's face it: direct sun-light can damage a lot of things. So, The issue of overheating is merely a side-effect of what I already consider to be abusive handling of the device. So, a lawsuit like this isn't much different than suing Apple because gravity could damage it simply if one let's go of the iPad over, let's say, a concrete platform. because after all ... you could do the same to a book!
Using any device with an LCD in direct sunlight is generally a bad idea, as it will cause damage to the display. As such I always make sure not to have either my MacBook, iPhone or iPad facing the sun: ever. My original 1st generation iPhone was in the car, while I was driving and had direct sunlight only for part of the display and sure enough: that part of the display developed a small "ghost" that never went away.
Let's face it: direct sun-light can damage a lot of things. So, The issue of overheating is merely a side-effect of what I already consider to be abusive handling of the device. So, a lawsuit like this isn't much different than suing Apple because gravity could damage it simply if one let's go of the iPad over, let's say, a concrete platform. because after all ... you could do the same to a book!
Poor lawyers with no clients, aside from corporate bankers and bankrupt companies looking for new revenue streams.