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iPod Nano Class Action Suit
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gunnz said:
so does good 3M clear packing tape
I have 3 friends that have copied what I do (I was not the first in the world to do this) and protect their Nano investment with this tape. Best thing is, when the tape gets cloudy or scratched too much, cut a new piece from your homemade stencil template (made by yourself using a special kind of waxed paper, a pen, and some scissors) and apply it to your nano .
Best of all, most everyone has a roll of this stuff in their house, or you can sometimes get a roll of it free from your local UPS store or post office if you are super cheap
Sometimes DIY is just more fun, and often less expensive
My Nano hasn't scratched and I've been treating it badly...
I've had a Nano since the day they came out. I haven't bought a skin, used it with a sock, anything like that, and despite some very minor scratching, which I'd expect given the things I've put it in my pocket with (keys etc.) it's absolutely fine.
Now, consider this quote from BBC News:
"Named UK plaintiff, Ben Jennings, bought a Nano in September. Despite efforts to protect it, he claims that within a week the screen was so scratched it was hard to read."
Link to the story
(I have to admit that I'm dubious about what is "efforts" were, but let's take it at face value for now)
My experience shows beyond all doubt that this isn't something which affects all iPod Nanos. Therefore, the idea that there's some kind of inherent design flaw in the Nano is just plain wrong.
This doesn't preclude the possibility that a batch or some batches of the Nano are particularly prone to scratching, which Apple have admitted. But the size of this problem, if it exists at all, is up for debate and probably won't be known for a while.
My guess is that if the class action lawsuit claims that there is an "inherent design flaw" then they'll get laughed out of court. As Apple have admitted there is a problem with a number of them and has said that they're replace them, I don't see that they can complain about bad customer service, even thought it might have taken a while for Apple to get around to admitting something was wrong.
As to why someone would take legal action about something like this - what on earth are they going to claim damages for? Crippling psychological damage because Steve Jobs didn't personally come round and grovel in front of them? Pathetic.
I've had a Nano since the day they came out. I haven't bought a skin, used it with a sock, anything like that, and despite some very minor scratching, which I'd expect given the things I've put it in my pocket with (keys etc.) it's absolutely fine.
Now, consider this quote from BBC News:
"Named UK plaintiff, Ben Jennings, bought a Nano in September. Despite efforts to protect it, he claims that within a week the screen was so scratched it was hard to read."
Link to the story
(I have to admit that I'm dubious about what is "efforts" were, but let's take it at face value for now)
My experience shows beyond all doubt that this isn't something which affects all iPod Nanos. Therefore, the idea that there's some kind of inherent design flaw in the Nano is just plain wrong.
This doesn't preclude the possibility that a batch or some batches of the Nano are particularly prone to scratching, which Apple have admitted. But the size of this problem, if it exists at all, is up for debate and probably won't be known for a while.
My guess is that if the class action lawsuit claims that there is an "inherent design flaw" then they'll get laughed out of court. As Apple have admitted there is a problem with a number of them and has said that they're replace them, I don't see that they can complain about bad customer service, even thought it might have taken a while for Apple to get around to admitting something was wrong.
As to why someone would take legal action about something like this - what on earth are they going to claim damages for? Crippling psychological damage because Steve Jobs didn't personally come round and grovel in front of them? Pathetic.
840quadra said:so does good 3M clear packing tape
I have 3 friends that have copied what I do (I was not the first in the world to do this) and protect their Nano investment with this tape. Best thing is, when the tape gets cloudy or scratched too much, cut a new piece from your homemade stencil template (made by yourself using a special kind of waxed paper, a pen, and some scissors) and apply it to your nano .
Best of all, most everyone has a roll of this stuff in their house, or you can sometimes get a roll of it free from your local UPS store or post office if you are super cheap
Sometimes DIY is just more fun, and often less expensive
That's nice. I had a clear skin before that was one piece and covered the entire face....and I didn't really like the airpockets around the clickwheel. The advantage of mine that comes with separate clickwheel pieces. Plus.....doesn't packing tape leave some residue?
gunnz said:
I can certainly see that the black ones would show up their scratches more, as the scratches will diffuse and reflect light more than the clear resin. On a white background that doesn't make much difference, but on a non-reflective black background they'll seem more apparent.
But it still doesn't explain why people are saying that the iPods *screens* were so scratched they were hardly legible - there's no difference between the screens on white and black Nanos...
I suspect there was a little exaggeration involved.adriantoll said:
Also, have you ever been trying to read something and it is getting a bad glare, well this is probably what most iPod users are talking about - the greater the light and the more the scratches make it harder to read.
In a dark room (w/ the backlight on) you probably can't even see the scratches, walk out into the sun and *boom* they magically appear making it impossible to read the screen.