Three iPad users claim that because the iPad will shut itself off after remaining in direct sunlight for long enough, it fails to meet the promises Apple made about using the device as an e-book reader. The group has filed a federal class-action lawsuit in the Northern California district to “redress and end this pattern of unlawful conduct.” When the iPad’s operating temperature reaches a critical level, it will force itself to shut down and display a message warning the user to let the device cool down before trying use it again. This warning is the same that iPhones and iPod Touches give before shutting down when they overheat, often after being left in direct sunlight.
The lawsuit alleges that the iPad “does not live up to reasonable consumer’s expectations created by Apple insofar as the iPad overheats so quickly under common weather conditions.” Apple lists the iPad’s operating temperature as 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C), so it’s not hard to see that using it out in the hot sun can quickly heat up the device over the maximum temperature.
The plaintiffs seem to take particular issue with Apple claiming that “reading on the iPad is just like reading a book.” This claim is patently false, according to the lawsuit, because a real book can be used in “the sunlight or other normal environmental conditions” without shutting off. Full story in CNN
I think this suit is frivolous. When Apple said “it is like a real book” they meant that it is as easy to read as a real book.
They didn’t mean that it IS a book, and the ipad will never shut off.
On the same token, a book does not need to be recharged, and the ipad does. Will they now sue that it is not “exactly like a real book.”
I take issue with people bringing frivolous lawsuits and wasting everyone’s time and money.
Additionally, I think these geniuses should bring suit that a regular book cannot be read in the dark whereas an ipad could. So again, the ipad is not read like a regular book.
Why does this apply to lakewood