[Swordmaker]

Overheating iPad class action lawsuit dismissed by Federal Judge for lack of specificity—PING!

Apple iSuit Ping!

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[BobL]

Nice try - we all want OUR MONEY.

They’re just lucky their toy shut down, rather than had its battery self-ignite, which can be quite a fire show.

[John O]

They need to put down their fancy toys and pick up a ball and glove (or a frisbee etc)and start playing.

Ipad is a computer. Why would they want to be working on a computer when there is a bright sunshiney day to play in?

[zeugma]

I suppose they'd rather it catch on fire or let the heat buildup destroy the electronics? Can you even read an iPad in direct sunlight? If so, I'm pretty sure you're pulling some serious juice from the batteries to overcome that big ball of exploding hydrogen in the sky.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I’ll bet if they put it in the oven the same thing would happen. I doubt that the iPad would preform well on a 300 foot scuba dive either, or at -50 degree F. Some of these law suits just cry out, “Don’t you people have any common sense?”

[Sloth]

The three plaintiffs -- Jacob Balthazar, Claudia Keller and John Browning -- said last year that they were duped into buying a defective device by Apple's marketing claims that "reading on iPad is just like reading a book." Balthazar, Keller and Browning alleged that, unlike a book, the iPad unexpectedly shuts down in warm weather or when it's in direct sunlight.

Also, "unlike a book" it shuts down when the battery is depleted, isn't made of paper, you can't dogear the pages, and about a thousand other things. Morons.

[roadcat]

Shortly after buying my iPad last year, I used it while sitting on my backyard deck swing chair. Sure enough, after a while in the hot sun it presented a warning message and shut down. I simply took it out of the bright sunlight into the shade, and after it cooled down a few minutes I powered it back on. It was fine. This is a feature not present in other devices! A feature that I am glad was present. I've gone to the beach with my MacBook, but don't leave it in the bright sunlight for too long. Same should go for any electronic device. You stay in the sun too long and you'll get burned. But you don't sue anyone over your lack of judgement.