Apple Filed Over “Scratching nano”

Since the launch of the extremely popular iPod nano, there have been lots of complaints about scratches on the screen. If you follow multiple threads on the Apple discussion forums, you see lots of complaints there.

So, it finally happened. Apple got sued because of this scratching problem. The lawsuit charges that the iPod nano should have a thinner polycarbonate coating. Before this lawsuit started, Apple said that it used the exact same coating as on all other iPods it produced before!

I don’t own an iPod nano, but the major problem is not the fact that there is thinner coating, but that the use of the nano is completely different. I mean, here you’ve got a very small device that will fit everywhere you want to put it. You will hardly even notice that you have the device with you. Very much like the mobile phone.

Because it’s so easy to carry around, you will take the iPod everywhere you go, much like the mobile phone. So, if we agree on this, you could easily say that the iPod nano’s use is much different from the “normal” iPod. You could say that the iPod nano is a victim of more intense use. This will show on your nano especially when you carry the nano all day, week in, week out, in your pockets together with your keys or other stuff you also carry around with you.

Be honest: How long does it take to get scratches on your new mobile phone? How many people complain about this?

[John van Leeuwen]