iExplosives?

Have you heard that European authorities are investigating “The Case of the Exploding iPhones?” Apparently a number of iPhones and iPods have exploded or caught fire over the past month in Britain, France, Holland and Sweden.

In June, an iPod was blamed for a car fire in Sweden that nearly incinerated a dog. In July, a man in Holland said he left his iPhone in the car and returned 15 minutes later to find it had caught fire, causing severe damage to the passenger seat. In early August, the father of an 11-year-old girl in Liverpool reported that he was holding his daughters iPod Touch when he felt it get really hot, heard a hissing noise and saw vapor. He said he threw it out the back door and “within 30 seconds there was a pop, a big puff of smoke and it went 10 feet in the air.” The father claims that he contacted Apple and the Cupertino-based company offered him a full refund – on the condition that the family sign an agreement not tell anyone about the iPod that went boom. A few weeks later, a French teenager’s eye was injured by flying glass when the screen of the iPhone 3G he was holding suddenly exploded. The phone, which belonged to his girlfriend, was only two months old. Then, just last Tuesday (August 25) a security guard in southeastern France told authorities that the iPhone he bought three months ago for 600 Euros ($850) exploded in his face while he was typing a text message.

Apple reportedly called the exploding screens “isolated incidents.” But France’s consumer watchdog agency opened an investigation after the teenage boy was injured. Now, the EU is also asking questions about the 200 million iPods and 26 million iPhones that have been sold across Europe.

Hmmmmm . . . I wonder where Apple gets their components?