14 DAY TRIAL // The number one selling tablet in the world may kill you. Well, not exactly, but it can cause some trouble if you don't how to use it properly.
Two stories have emerged today and they are both related to the iPad. A woman got killed by a subway train while trying to get the iPad she dropped on the tracks and a boy discovered his iPad can cause a strange skin rash.
According to the New York Post, 21-year-old Aracelis Ayuso was waiting for a Brooklyn-bound train when she dropped her iPad. She tried to get it back, but she slipped and tumbled forward on the tracks just as the train was coming. The freak accident caused the young woman to die on the spot.
The police confirmed that she was not drunk at the time of the accident, but a toxicology report will clear that up.
In other news, a health-related problem with a boy from San Diego indicates that the iPad casing may contain nickel. According to an NBC affiliate, the 11-year-old boy was taken to a hospital in San Diego after he had some sort of an allergy.
The boy was using his iPad every day and the doctors were not able to get the source of the mild skin rash he was suffering from. They managed to trace the problem to his iPad, just because the test labs showed he was allergic to nickel and the iDevice may contain that chemical element in its case.
However, this is a 4-year-old iPad, and since then Apple has changed the materials used in the casing of the iPad several times.
According to the report, nickel rashes are not going to put your life in danger, but they to tend to get uncomfortable because they require treatment with steroids and antibiotics, if the skin becomes infected, said Dr. Sharon Jacob, a dermatologist at Rady Children's Hospital, according to patentlyapple.com.
There is a quick and easy solution to this problem. Doctors recommend using a case with your iPad. Just by having the back part not touching the human skin all the time, the nickel rash does not occur. Nickel casings may be found in other gadgets and computers, and doctors say you need to make sure you do not touch those too much if your skin is too sensitive.