There have been several incidents of lithium-iron batteries catching fire, but they’ve mostly affected laptops. On Wednesday, however, 12-year-old Henry Clay from Detroit found that his Sony PSP burst into flames in his pants pocket, Vnunet reports. On Click On Detroit, the boy’s mother, Sheila Clay, explained, "He said it wasn't a gradual heat. It really started heating up. He's always been taught burn - fire - smoke, you drop and you roll. So, he dropped and rolled." The handheld wasn’t on, as it was nine a.m. and the boy was in class. A teacher was able to remove the PSP from his pocket, and as a result Clay was treated for second-degree burns to his leg. In a slightly ironic touch, the Burn Out game was in the handheld at the time. Sony has had battery fire problems with its notebooks before, but not a PSP. If this turns out to be the tip of the iceberg, it could seriously hurt its position against other devices like the Nintendo DS.
Ouch. Thats gotta hurt... Funny thing is the game in it was "Burn Out" Lol. I better be more careful with my psp then? XD
it was in michigan also.. cold place to burn a psp.. lolz link to story: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...det_break&ts=T&tmi=det_break_1_08280202062008
I agree probably 3rd party battery ^^ my psp is one of the first batch and ive had no problems aparty from the Square button feeling funny and dunno how to fix =[
if its a third party battery then the boy is unlucky and has no case. if it was a sony battery however, it prob end up with a lawsuit.
