Apple has said today it will begin replacing any iPod Nano that overheats in Japan, improving on their past offer of replacing only the batteries of said devices.
Japan’s trade ministry had ordered Apple to “publish an easy to understand statement” on how owners of faulty devices could receive their replacement batteries.
The first generation Nano models, those sold between 2005 and 2006, are the ones in question, accounting for over 60 incidents of overheating leading to four cases of minor burns.
Apple has blamed the “very rare” occurrences on a single battery supplier.
Says Apple: “We’ve worked closely with METI (trade ministry) to make sure first-generation iPod nano customers who are concerned with their battery have the latest information.”
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According to AndroLib, the Android Market has reached 1 billion downloads in just under two years since the app store was launched.
For comparison’s sake, Apple’s App Store has just over 5 billion apps downloaded since the store launched in 2007.
Google says there are 160,000 Android-based devices being activated daily, and the Android Market continues to expand on its way to 100,000 apps available. Once again, for comparison’s sake, the Apple App Store has 225,000 apps available. The Android Market has added 11,000 new apps already in the first two weeks of July, for a total of 93,000.
61 percent of the apps are free compared to 39 percent paid, but a strong majority of the apps downloaded are free ones.
With the launch of the Droid X there are now over 60 Android models available globally.
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Sony Japan has announced the launch of a white slim PlayStation 3 model for the nation, dubbed the “Classic White” colorway.
The console will have a 160GB HDD, but Sony has promised larger capacity models for the future.
“Charcoal Black” was the current only colorway available for the slimmer models. Sony had offered a “Ceramic White” version of the “fat” PS3 in 2008.
Furthermore, Sony has launched a 320GB capacity slim PS3, but only in black.
Additionally, starting tomorrow, the 120GB model will move to “open price,” meaning retailers can price it at whatever they want.
The new consoles go on sale on July 29th, priced at the equivalent of $340 for the smaller HDD model and $400 for the larger capacity model.
