Boy burned in PSP trouser blaze

Azza · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:00

A 12-year-old boy was yesterday treated in hospital for second-degree burns after his Sony PlayStation Portable apparently spontaneously combusted in his trouser pocket.

Tom0 · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:02

Oh dear!

Puts a whole new meaning to playing with fire

TaKeN · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:03

Tom0 said:
Oh dear!

Puts a whole new meaning to playing with fire

I see what you did there

Elephant08 :P · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:03

Tom0 said:
Oh dear!

Puts a whole new meaning to playing with fire

LOL i'm sorry I laughed at that in real life

Stinky · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:04

thats never a good thing

furnace · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:05

And the name of the game loaded onto the machine? Burn Out Legends

classic!

miracleboy · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:14

How did it get hot enough to burn denim (presumably a pretty high burning point) before he felt it on his leg? Knowing kids in the US he was probably so doped up on Ritalin he couldn't feel anything.

iSam · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:15

Oh bum, not good. I thought it was only the Xbox that combusted and burned things.

basmic · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:23

I see good old Sony are still burning their customers then.

peetee · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:25

Puts a whole new spin on the PSP burning a hole in ones pocket doesnt it :d

Werewolf · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:28

miracleboy said:
How did it get hot enough to burn denim (presumably a pretty high burning point) before he felt it on his leg? Knowing kids in the US he was probably so doped up on Ritalin he couldn't feel anything.

from memory a lithion ion battery when shorting can go from room temp to fiery inferno of death in a few seconds.

I'm guessing that's what happened, as the PSP uses Li-ion batteries and Sony batteries have a rather disturbing habit of acting as impromptu fireworks.

cyborg · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:32

Everything uses Li-ion batteries these days though, and it wasn't sony batteries before in those laptops that caught fire? or was it?

dustiestrat · 8 Feb 2008 at 14:34

he got flamed for being a ps fanboy. i'll get my coat.

Tombo · 8 Feb 2008 at 15:27

Thanks god my phone is Lithium Polymer

SwishSpencor · 8 Feb 2008 at 15:34

Is it wrong of me to think "lol owned" as soon as I read this?

[yes I did actually say "lol owned" in my head]

Spend_day · 8 Feb 2008 at 15:59

is it just me or are thing more flammable now
when i was a kid you never heard of some1's gameboy blowing up

then again gamesboys were indestructible

now it xbox's PSPs next some1 wii gonna burst into flame

edit:......... that sound wierd said outloud

Hobgoblin · 8 Feb 2008 at 16:14

Spend_day said:
is it just me or are thing more flammable now
when i was a kid you never heard of some1's gameboy blowing up

then again gamesboys were indestructible

thats because coal takes a long time to produce the steam needed to power the GB, even longer if the monkey gets tired.

Spend_day · 8 Feb 2008 at 16:28

heres an artical from the same site that made me laugh
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/08/ipod_nano_blaze_horror/

especially this bit

Williams was clearly at risk of being shot repeatedly in the head

Gaverick · 8 Feb 2008 at 16:31

So was he using an official battery or one of those cheap ones from bid up tv.

danza · 8 Feb 2008 at 17:26

Well I guess if it was a genuine battery, adding that to the fact it happened in America, the kid will get about a bajillion dollars compensation so epic win for him really!