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Are iPods Bad for Pacemakers? (AAPL)

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CNET news is running a story that was also briefly noted on CNBC this morning: Apple’s (AAPL-NASDAQ) iPods can cause interference with the electromagnetic equipment inside pacemakers.  Now before you go taking away grandpa’s iPod loades with Kiss and Jimmy Hendrix, you should know that the study was conducted and the data presented by a 17-year old high school student.  That doesn’t mean it can’t be true, but this proves just how much “user generated news and testing” is flattening news and information in the world.

You can read the full story here to determine how much credibility, and relevance, you give this.  Also keep in mind that the percentage of iPod owners that are also people with pacemakers is probably a much lower percentage of total iPod owners.  It might have just been playing Twisted Sister for grandpa that started causing the interference.  This is just downright weird.

Jon C. Ogg
May 11, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at [email protected]; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

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