[finnman69]

Ipod and Apple will be subject to one of the biggest class action suits in history as tens of thousands suffer permanent hearing loss.

Microsoft should market their version as a safe Ipod.

[Glenn]

Ipod and Apple will be subject to one of the biggest class action suits in history as tens of thousands suffer permanent hearing loss.

The really cool thing about FreeRepublic is that idiots can say anything that pops into their heads. It makes for great comedy.

[Final Authority]

I called my daughter the other day on her cell phone. She had it beside her while she was doing homework on the computer and was listening to her iPod nano. The phone was in vibrate mode. It apparently caused the iPod to incrementalize the volume and she had to throw off the ear phones because of the intense pain. The phone and the nano were right next to each other on the desk.

There will be hearing damage as it has already been determined. In grade school and in college nearly every weekend there would be a dance or coffee house with live bands playing R&R or R&B. It often was loud but according to my wife, the sound pressures generated by the ear bud type ear phones can be much higher.

Fortunately for both Apple and MS, because there are so many MP3 manufacturers and because the cause of the damage is well known, I don't think they should be targets of tort law suits.

[dmz]

Gosh, Sony never was a subject of such a lawsuit when the various walkman type devices came out several thousand years ago. Ear buds are not new . I had something very similar with my transistor radio.

The iPod also has the following feature in common with the Walkman, it's called a volume control.

[BunnySlippers]

iPod is no different than my Walkman in terms of hearing loss. Sure trial lawyers will try. I can't see why someone would be cheering them on though.

[ARA]

The lawsuit would have to happen with Sony first, since they are the inventors of the portable music device... the sone walkman... I think any lawsuit against Apple is a non-starter...

[D-Chivas]

Ipod and Apple will be subject to one of the biggest class action suits in history as tens of thousands suffer permanent hearing loss.

Microsoft should market their version as a safe Ipod.

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Guess you weren't around during the 1980s when everybody had a Sony Walkman on their head...

[Godzilla]

Ipod and Apple will be subject to one of the biggest class action suits in history as tens of thousands suffer permanent hearing loss.

Ipod has a built in hearing loss protection device - its called the volume control.