Issues with iPad 3's overheating are getting a fair amount of coverage — see here, here, here and here — and this has prompted a couple of nice spoofs. There's this from MaximumPC:


We Heard The New iPad Has Thermal Issues, But Ours Seems Just Fine

And under the headline "Apple to charge iPad owners for central heating", the UK's Daily Mash "reported" the words of Apple chief Tim Cook:

"Because automatic downloads are secretly impossible to prevent, we can effectively control the temperature of your home. This gives you the exciting choice of giving us more money or living in a pizza oven."

They reckon that:

Apple will shortly release a heat resistant mat for iPad users that want to play Scrabble over the internet for more than 30 minutes without having to wear ceramic trousers. Called the 'iSbestos', it will come in a range of sleek, funky designs and retail at £1200.

But all is not lost of Apple avoiders:

Meanwhile, Samsung's rival Galaxy Tab will come with a free set of curling tongs so that people who cannot afford an iPad can still burn themselves really badly.