I have a long list of things that overheat in direct sunlight if this wins. Living in Florida I know about such things
Yup, I'm here on the equator (South East Asia), no one in their right mind would be sitting outside in 90degF or more in direct sunlight (except for tourists coming down here during their winter months), let alone reading a book out there, in direct sunlight and not in the shade.
Indoors without air-conditioning it can be about 80degF, never noticed any heat issues, I even have a book-type wraparound faux-leather casing.
So everything good, so far...
Maybe this issue (let's assume for a second it's not totally frivolous) has to do when the aluminium back is exposed directly to direct sunlight then it gets real hot? In which case why would I be exposing myself to that kind of sunlight other than suntanning at the beach?
Hmm I don't know the iPad in a case could survive beachside use. Anyone has more info on this?
I want one. Dontbhave it yet but if you cannot take it to the park and browse the net or read a book, email, apple stock is going to tumble fast, really, really fast. A lot is going to depend on shade vs a few apps open vs pixel problems. Man. It seem like apple is falling apart in their Q&A dept.
Nah mate, tons of people using their iPads in the temperature range of 80degF - 90+degF - be it summer in temperate climates or all-year in equatorial climates.
I want one. Dontbhave it yet but if you cannot take it to the park and browse the net or read a book, email, apple stock is going to tumble fast, really, really fast. A lot is going to depend on shade vs a few apps open vs pixel problems. Man. It seem like apple is falling apart in their Q&A dept.
Don't worry pal, Apple isn't going to crumble in response of such silly lawsuits. I think this lawsuit is complete BULLSHIT. I am using my iPad outside all the time. And anyway even with iPad's superb display, reading in full sunlight isn't a very great experience. It's as bad as with any other display.
I think lawyers who file such lawsuits are the worst vermin of USA. Luckily this plague has not spilled over to many other countries!!!
Does the iPad have a fan inside? Maybe there are some issues with that fan operating properly.
The Video on the law firm's website is clear confirmation that an operating electronic device left in direct sunlight can exceed the ambient temperature. Not that the reported temperature on any given weather website is the best measure of the actual local temperature. And in the video he commented that the screen was hard to see in direct sunlight - so what kind of stupid do you have to be to sit in direct sunlight struggling to see the screen of your iPad as it heats up to 100 degrees and shuts off to protect itself from damage. Also in the video he says "kills the iPad" - how exactly is it dead? Thermal sensors killed my iPad! Long live me iPad!
...I'm increasingly embarrassed to be an American. The parasites in this country are amazing.
You know what? My car overheats entirely too quickly in direct sunlight. Sometimes the leather seats and wrapped steering wheel get so hot that the car is basically un-drivable; I have to turn on the A/C and step out of the car for 5 minutes.
I suppose I should sue BMW for their choice of leather. Or maybe the cows for not having more heat-resistant hides.
Once, I had a CD actually MELT on the dashboard of a car. True story.
OMG, I'm defective too. If I sit out in the sun too long without protection, my skin gets red and painful, and can even BLISTER. I've heard I can even get cancer from it.
Clearly, the problem isn't the iPad, but the SUN itself. Quick, someone find me a bottom-feeing attorney to start a class-action suit against God for the sun.
Does the iPad have a fan inside? Maybe there are some issues with that fan operating properly.
The Video on the law firm's website is clear confirmation that an operating electronic device left in direct sunlight can exceed the ambient temperature. Not that the reported temperature on any given weather website is the best measure of the actual local temperature. And in the video he commented that the screen was hard to see in direct sunlight - so what kind of stupid do you have to be to sit in direct sunlight struggling to see the screen of your iPad as it heats up to 100 degrees and shuts off to protect itself from damage. Also in the video he says "kills the iPad" - how exactly is it dead? Thermal sensors killed my iPad! Long live me iPad!
There isn't a fan. It really doesn't need one, this isn't like a laptop where things get warm just by being on, iPads barely get warm under their own power. The CPU is something like 1 watt, where most laptops have CPUs that run in the 25-35 watt range. I don't think the iPad gets more than a degree warmer on than it would be shut off.
The iPad would have to get uncomfortable to hold too, you have to expect that with the black border absorbing the sun's light.
"New lawsuit claims Apple's iPad overheats easily in direct sunlight"
I also overheat easily in direct sunlight. OMG I'm so sued!!
Apple said the iPad is "like" a book, they never claimed it has the identical properties of a printed book.
I'm stunned this claim even made it to the docket. If this so-called lawsuit costs Apple a single penny in legal expenses, the claimants should be forced to pay it. Ridiculous.
I don't have an iPad yet, waiting till the second generation later this year, but a simple test needs to be done. A measure needs to be made of the temperature an iPad reaches when turn off and exposed to direct sunlight. I'm betting that it's going to get well over 95 degrees which is outside of it's rated temperature. The reason to do this turned off is to show that it's totally environmental and not the iPad that caused it to over heat.
If this is the case it's game, set and match and Apple wins because the moron was using the iPad outside of it's published specifications.
FYI, I went to the shyster lawyers website and gave them a piece of my mind about them and their client and this lawsuit. I bet they will try to sue me next
The same jackholes would likely have sued if instead of shutting down in high temperature - the iPad instead swelled to three times its thickness and oozed corrosive materials from the battery causing the user physical injury. and if THAT was the case - then MAYBE - they would have a basis - PROVIDED they were not exceeding the supported operating environment.
Some of IBM's most recent documents for servers require that customers ensure their environments are low dust - lots of airflow to keep these things cool - and dust is the enemy.
Let's see - need to sue auto manufacturers as well because I can drive a car faster than is safe to do so and then am unable to brake hard enough going into that hairpin turn to avoid going over the cliff - clearly the fault of the manufacturer especially when they show commercials of their cars moving.
Your sarcastic analogy isn't far from the truth. There was an episode of Top Gear where the hosts had to make a car commercial. One of the commercials they made showed the car being driven fast and racing into and out of curves. The advertising company in charge of the project said that the commercial was unusable because they are not allowed to show cars being driven in a fast and dangerous manner. Instead, the hosts where told to find the essence of what makes the car worth owning and make an advertisement based off that. That is the reason why so many ads now are confusing bits of abstract and lacking in any literal or tangible elements, for which one could then find fault and sue over.
Good catch oh and to nit the picks even further.... Liquid gasoline doesn't burn as a general rule... In a reasonably well ventilated area you can put out a match in a pan of gasoline to your hearts content. The fumes however are an entirely different story! As is gasoline when it's being compressed like in a diesel engine.. Both are HIGHLY volatile / explosive and the reason why diesel engines don't need spark plugs.
I don't have an iPad yet, waiting till the second generation later this year, but a simple test needs to be done. A measure needs to be made of the temperature an iPad reaches when turn off and exposed to direct sunlight. I'm betting that it's going to get well over 95 degrees which is outside of it's rated temperature. The reason to do this turned off is to show that it's totally environmental and not the iPad that caused it to over heat.
There's videos of this on YouTube already. One video shows a person taking their iPad to a park, where the temperature outside is basically 72 degrees and very sunny?perfect weather. After 12 minutes the iPad shuts down. The iPad's temperature was over 100 degrees, which IMHO makes it too hot to even handle let alone use as an eBook reader. Granted, the iPad was allowed to sit in the sun after 12 minutes instead of somebody holding it for 12 minutes, but other videos show people laying down with their iPad and getting similar results.
Whether this is worthy of a lawsuit I dunno, but it does seem rather stupid that a device can't be used outside for more than 10 minutes in what most people would define as mild weather.
Testing it out now in direct sunlight and in some sunlight behind clouds. 93degF. Recording with iPhone 3GS.
Okay here's my preliminary findings, typing this on iPad. In ambient temperatures of 90degF to 95degF, in the shade, the back of the iPad gets a bit warm. Nothing too hot, the worst is like a warm laptop on your thighs. If your iPad is resting on your shorts as you use it, no problem.
I did about close to 45 minutes of testing by the poolside, I had a period of about 10 to 15 minutes of strong direct sunlight in which (as the video will hopefully illustrate) I tried to simulate usage while exposing the front and back to the strong sunlight. The back top third gets almost too hot too touch, but we're talking some serious sun tanning conditions here, with the iPad purposefully exposed in the sun by lying it flat on the deck chair.
Now there is about 10 minutes of sunlight again, this time at an angle off to my right as I sit in the deck chair. The iPad feels warm but in my current sitting position I don't feel that it is exceedingly hot.
Approaching almost one hour of usage and still no problems. In a casual sitting or lying position at this latitude, ambient temperature and time of the day in direct sunlight the iPad is clearly warm but only "hot" if you try and grip the aluminium back strongly allowing more heat conduction from the aluminium back to your hands. Again this hot feeling is only if you purposefully leave the iPad in direct sunlight exposing the back.
I should mention I am using a PowerSupport antiglare screen protector on the front, everything else naked (the iPad, that is, not me )
Overall my conclusion is this. If you are looking to replace the book you read when you are doing some serious suntanning with no shade whatsoever, under really hot and strong sunlight (eg 2pm at 30degN latitude during summer), the iPad may shut down after 10minutes or so. I say may because I am not able to simulate this.
Under 90 to 95degF ambient temperatures at the equator in the late afternoon, under general semi-shade poolside or park side conditions, no problems or shut downs experienced.
Given the anecdotal evidence and my brief test, it would appear under 70deg to 90degF temperatures, in the sunlight in the park, at various latitudes, one would have to very deliberately expose the iPad (back part probably) to direct high-noon sunlight to experience any kind of shut down within 10 to 15 minutes.
Overall I am quite pleased with today's iPad experience by the poolside and I can recommend it for sensible usage at the park or poolside, in any country, assuming you won't get mugged. While travelling, the iPad should be great for most people except backpackers or those going on more extreme adventures. Beachside use is also possible, of course, watch out for that sand! Usage would be reading or casual web browsing, perhaps playing a game may affect your heat thresholds.
Yeah, getting electronic devices really hot then really cold then really hot is definitely really good for them.
With the condensation (take a beer out of the cooler and it'll drip in a few minutes) and expansion & contraction of all the components, sure to pop a few chips off.
Well, the key is not to LET it get really hot, or really cold.
I can see a new category of iPad case: this one has a fan built in that runs off solar panels.
Add just a moistened sponge pad and the iCool case could keep the aluminum base of the iPad cool for hours.
The trick is to blow air over the moist sponge.
Picking up moisture means letting go of heat, and works as long as you aren't already IN a swamp.
Once the sponge is dry, you'd need to moisten it again. And if you REALLY need short-term cooling, use a drop or two of rubbing alcohol in the sponge.
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I have a long list of things that overheat in direct sunlight if this wins. Living in Florida I know about such things
Yup, I'm here on the equator (South East Asia), no one in their right mind would be sitting outside in 90degF or more in direct sunlight (except for tourists coming down here during their winter months), let alone reading a book out there, in direct sunlight and not in the shade.
Indoors without air-conditioning it can be about 80degF, never noticed any heat issues, I even have a book-type wraparound faux-leather casing.
So everything good, so far...
Maybe this issue (let's assume for a second it's not totally frivolous) has to do when the aluminium back is exposed directly to direct sunlight then it gets real hot?
Hmm I don't know the iPad in a case could survive beachside use. Anyone has more info on this?
I want one. Dontbhave it yet but if you cannot take it to the park and browse the net or read a book, email, apple stock is going to tumble fast, really, really fast. A lot is going to depend on shade vs a few apps open vs pixel problems. Man. It seem like apple is falling apart in their Q&A dept.
Nah mate, tons of people using their iPads in the temperature range of 80degF - 90+degF - be it summer in temperate climates or all-year in equatorial climates.
I want one. Dontbhave it yet but if you cannot take it to the park and browse the net or read a book, email, apple stock is going to tumble fast, really, really fast. A lot is going to depend on shade vs a few apps open vs pixel problems. Man. It seem like apple is falling apart in their Q&A dept.
Don't worry pal, Apple isn't going to crumble in response of such silly lawsuits. I think this lawsuit is complete BULLSHIT. I am using my iPad outside all the time. And anyway even with iPad's superb display, reading in full sunlight isn't a very great experience. It's as bad as with any other display.
I think lawyers who file such lawsuits are the worst vermin of USA. Luckily this plague has not spilled over to many other countries!!!
The Video on the law firm's website is clear confirmation that an operating electronic device left in direct sunlight can exceed the ambient temperature. Not that the reported temperature on any given weather website is the best measure of the actual local temperature. And in the video he commented that the screen was hard to see in direct sunlight - so what kind of stupid do you have to be to sit in direct sunlight struggling to see the screen of your iPad as it heats up to 100 degrees and shuts off to protect itself from damage. Also in the video he says "kills the iPad" - how exactly is it dead? Thermal sensors killed my iPad! Long live me iPad!
You know what? My car overheats entirely too quickly in direct sunlight. Sometimes the leather seats and wrapped steering wheel get so hot that the car is basically un-drivable; I have to turn on the A/C and step out of the car for 5 minutes.
I suppose I should sue BMW for their choice of leather. Or maybe the cows for not having more heat-resistant hides.
Once, I had a CD actually MELT on the dashboard of a car. True story.
OMG, I'm defective too. If I sit out in the sun too long without protection, my skin gets red and painful, and can even BLISTER. I've heard I can even get cancer from it.
Clearly, the problem isn't the iPad, but the SUN itself. Quick, someone find me a bottom-feeing attorney to start a class-action suit against God for the sun.
Does the iPad have a fan inside? Maybe there are some issues with that fan operating properly.
The Video on the law firm's website is clear confirmation that an operating electronic device left in direct sunlight can exceed the ambient temperature. Not that the reported temperature on any given weather website is the best measure of the actual local temperature. And in the video he commented that the screen was hard to see in direct sunlight - so what kind of stupid do you have to be to sit in direct sunlight struggling to see the screen of your iPad as it heats up to 100 degrees and shuts off to protect itself from damage. Also in the video he says "kills the iPad" - how exactly is it dead? Thermal sensors killed my iPad! Long live me iPad!
There isn't a fan. It really doesn't need one, this isn't like a laptop where things get warm just by being on, iPads barely get warm under their own power. The CPU is something like 1 watt, where most laptops have CPUs that run in the 25-35 watt range. I don't think the iPad gets more than a degree warmer on than it would be shut off.
The iPad would have to get uncomfortable to hold too, you have to expect that with the black border absorbing the sun's light.
I'll bet it reads more than a thermometer sitting in the shade of a Stevenson Screen
Maybe someone should sue the weather bureau for providing misleading "ambient" temperature readings.
They use windchill factor estimates of "ambient" temperature, why not sun heat factor estimates?
"New lawsuit claims Apple's iPad overheats easily in direct sunlight"
I also overheat easily in direct sunlight. OMG I'm so sued!!
Apple said the iPad is "like" a book, they never claimed it has the identical properties of a printed book.
I'm stunned this claim even made it to the docket. If this so-called lawsuit costs Apple a single penny in legal expenses, the claimants should be forced to pay it. Ridiculous.
If this is the case it's game, set and match and Apple wins because the moron was using the iPad outside of it's published specifications.
FYI, I went to the shyster lawyers website and gave them a piece of my mind about them and their client and this lawsuit. I bet they will try to sue me next
The same jackholes would likely have sued if instead of shutting down in high temperature - the iPad instead swelled to three times its thickness and oozed corrosive materials from the battery causing the user physical injury. and if THAT was the case - then MAYBE - they would have a basis - PROVIDED they were not exceeding the supported operating environment.
Some of IBM's most recent documents for servers require that customers ensure their environments are low dust - lots of airflow to keep these things cool - and dust is the enemy.
Let's see - need to sue auto manufacturers as well because I can drive a car faster than is safe to do so and then am unable to brake hard enough going into that hairpin turn to avoid going over the cliff - clearly the fault of the manufacturer especially when they show commercials of their cars moving.
Your sarcastic analogy isn't far from the truth. There was an episode of Top Gear where the hosts had to make a car commercial. One of the commercials they made showed the car being driven fast and racing into and out of curves. The advertising company in charge of the project said that the commercial was unusable because they are not allowed to show cars being driven in a fast and dangerous manner. Instead, the hosts where told to find the essence of what makes the car worth owning and make an advertisement based off that. That is the reason why so many ads now are confusing bits of abstract and lacking in any literal or tangible elements, for which one could then find fault and sue over.
Only if you choose to light the lighter
Good catch oh and to nit the picks even further.... Liquid gasoline doesn't burn as a general rule... In a reasonably well ventilated area you can put out a match in a pan of gasoline to your hearts content. The fumes however are an entirely different story! As is gasoline when it's being compressed like in a diesel engine.. Both are HIGHLY volatile / explosive and the reason why diesel engines don't need spark plugs.
I don't have an iPad yet, waiting till the second generation later this year, but a simple test needs to be done. A measure needs to be made of the temperature an iPad reaches when turn off and exposed to direct sunlight. I'm betting that it's going to get well over 95 degrees which is outside of it's rated temperature. The reason to do this turned off is to show that it's totally environmental and not the iPad that caused it to over heat.
There's videos of this on YouTube already. One video shows a person taking their iPad to a park, where the temperature outside is basically 72 degrees and very sunny?perfect weather. After 12 minutes the iPad shuts down. The iPad's temperature was over 100 degrees, which IMHO makes it too hot to even handle let alone use as an eBook reader. Granted, the iPad was allowed to sit in the sun after 12 minutes instead of somebody holding it for 12 minutes, but other videos show people laying down with their iPad and getting similar results.
Whether this is worthy of a lawsuit I dunno, but it does seem rather stupid that a device can't be used outside for more than 10 minutes in what most people would define as mild weather.
Okay here's my preliminary findings, typing this on iPad. In ambient temperatures of 90degF to 95degF, in the shade, the back of the iPad gets a bit warm. Nothing too hot, the worst is like a warm laptop on your thighs. If your iPad is resting on your shorts as you use it, no problem.
I did about close to 45 minutes of testing by the poolside, I had a period of about 10 to 15 minutes of strong direct sunlight in which (as the video will hopefully illustrate) I tried to simulate usage while exposing the front and back to the strong sunlight. The back top third gets almost too hot too touch, but we're talking some serious sun tanning conditions here, with the iPad purposefully exposed in the sun by lying it flat on the deck chair.
Now there is about 10 minutes of sunlight again, this time at an angle off to my right as I sit in the deck chair. The iPad feels warm but in my current sitting position I don't feel that it is exceedingly hot.
Approaching almost one hour of usage and still no problems. In a casual sitting or lying position at this latitude, ambient temperature and time of the day in direct sunlight the iPad is clearly warm but only "hot" if you try and grip the aluminium back strongly allowing more heat conduction from the aluminium back to your hands. Again this hot feeling is only if you purposefully leave the iPad in direct sunlight exposing the back.
I should mention I am using a PowerSupport antiglare screen protector on the front, everything else naked (the iPad, that is, not me
Under 90 to 95degF ambient temperatures at the equator in the late afternoon, under general semi-shade poolside or park side conditions, no problems or shut downs experienced.
Given the anecdotal evidence and my brief test, it would appear under 70deg to 90degF temperatures, in the sunlight in the park, at various latitudes, one would have to very deliberately expose the iPad (back part probably) to direct high-noon sunlight to experience any kind of shut down within 10 to 15 minutes.
Overall I am quite pleased with today's iPad experience by the poolside and I can recommend it for sensible usage at the park or poolside, in any country, assuming you won't get mugged. While travelling, the iPad should be great for most people except backpackers or those going on more extreme adventures. Beachside use is also possible, of course, watch out for that sand! Usage would be reading or casual web browsing, perhaps playing a game may affect your heat thresholds.
Yeah, getting electronic devices really hot then really cold then really hot is definitely really good for them.
With the condensation (take a beer out of the cooler and it'll drip in a few minutes) and expansion & contraction of all the components, sure to pop a few chips off.
Well, the key is not to LET it get really hot, or really cold.
I can see a new category of iPad case: this one has a fan built in that runs off solar panels.
Add just a moistened sponge pad and the iCool case could keep the aluminum base of the iPad cool for hours.
The trick is to blow air over the moist sponge.
Picking up moisture means letting go of heat, and works as long as you aren't already IN a swamp.
Once the sponge is dry, you'd need to moisten it again. And if you REALLY need short-term cooling, use a drop or two of rubbing alcohol in the sponge.