More work for Apple's busy legal department. iPod users from both the UK and Mexico are joining the legal battle against Apple over the alleged defects of the iPod nano - in particular that previously reported tendency for the music player's screen to scratch and crack. So many iPod nano customers have now approached the lawyers who launched the original lawsuit against Apple last month, they have decided to issue a second suit against the computer firm.
As criticism of the iPod nano grew after its original launch, on both message boards and in the media, Apple admitted that there was a small batch defective players, and they pledged to replace them. While that move satisfied some of the firm's critics, others claim that the problems with the nano's screen is actually due to a more fundamental design flaw, and that Apple rushed the player to market despite being aware of the flaw.
Steve Berman, the lead lawyer on both lawsuits, told reporters: "Apple's iPod Nano has sold in record numbers around the world, just as it did in the US. The far-reaching response also reveals that this is not just a small problem or a bad batch of Nanos, but a defect in the overall design that should have been rectified prior to the release.
Apple has not, as yet, commented on either lawsuit.