My IPOD nano Exploded

Is there something wrong with the battery they put on the first gen ipod nano. mine just got blown to pieces.
I was just charging it on my Laptop then it suddenly sparks and it caught fire. even the clicking wheel got melted.
and the back of the ipod split open.
am i the first to experience this flaw! *im so disappointed with that*.
What should i do?
*if you wanna see the pic go to* - http://www.flickr.com/photos/23960698@N02/

First, I'm sorry to hear of your exploding ipod. That's terrible! I'm just glad to hear that you weren't holding it at the time!
Second, regardless of your warranty status, call apple or take the ipod to an apple store if possible. I have heard of the Lithium Ion batteries exploding (not in iPods, but cameras and computers), which is what the iPod uses. I have heard of Apple helping people out with things like this even out of warranty. It doesn't hurt to ask. Explain to the person on the phone (if you call) exactly what you've posted and offer the pictures.
Good luck and please post back whatever happens

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hi, i just heard about this replacement program since my iPod nano of at least 5 years, I believe, randomly exploded. Now, I wasn't hurt or anything, but does that in any way affect if I could get a replaced iPod nano?

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I can say it is not a scam - Apple is definitely replacing the iPods. Once I read the article and went to apple.com, that proved it. Apple.com would never risk another class action lawsuit over this iPod.
My First Generation iPod was given to me at work for being the winner of a give-away drawing and about a year or so ago it overheated and erased all the info on the iPod. Now it will only charge and drain the battery. It no longer allows me to store any thing on it.
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I want to know if there is any way to get my old iPod nano back. It was working perfectly, it was almost new after all this years. I want to keep it. I assume the risk if it explodes, i've already been warned. I don't want the iPod 6th gen, I already have one. It's the iPod nano I like the less of all history.
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Sorry, but it is too late. I am in the same boat, and I am NOT happy about it. I asked your question and a dozen others when I was on the phone with Customer Support for about half an hour today. The CS rep was very nice and really took time to talk to senior support managers and even the people in charge of the replacement shipments, but there was nothing positive he had to tell me...
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All you can do is call Apple and ask to lodege a complaint. The CS rep filed a complaint for me, because if Apple had simply been honest and told people what the plan was upfront (hmmm... what a concept!), I would have kept mine (and would have been perfectly happy to do so). I loved it, and didn't use it very often (so the battery risk was minimal)... and I would NOT have sent it back if I had known that I would NOT be getting a 1G back!

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I plugged in my I-pod nano to charge and sync over the weekend. I smelt a strange smell and when I looked over the casing was smoking and had completley warped! The I-pod is beyond use as the battery appears to have overheated and blown up.
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This has only been known to happen with first generation iPod Nanos. I have not heard of it ever happening to any other model iPod.
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B-rock

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