Fifth-generation iPod (with video) [#7]: Susceptible to cell phone interference?

Engadget has posted video of a fifth-generation iPod (with video), apparently suffering from erratic functioning due, apparently, to interference from a cellular phone.

The site says:

"We can neither confirm nor deny firsthand the results of the video linked below (for one reason or another no one at Engadget seems to own or have access to a cellphone), but apparently certain amounts of radio interference emitted by cellphones can drive an iPod with video freaky crazy wild. We?re not sure what makes the 5G iPod any less shielded from RFI than other iPods (or if other iPods have this problem as well), but apparently some users are confirming the issue ? and if nothing else watching that iPod go on the fritz when that cellphone gets close might elicit a chuckle."

To view this video, click this link.

If you are experiencing similar phenomena, please drop us a line at late-breakers@macfixit.com.

Previous coverage:

• Fifth-generation iPod (with video) [#6]: More on problems playing back home-encoded video -- third-party options; Using a lower bitrate
• Fifth-generation iPod (with video) [#5]: Continuing problems playing back home-encoded video -- determining which media will play
• Fifth-generation iPod (with video) [#5]: Continuing problems playing back home-encoded video -- determining which media will play
• Fifth-generation iPod (with video) [#4]: More on problems synchronizing home-compressed video
• Fifth-generation iPod (with video) [#3]: Units start arriving in users' hands, problems synching home compressed video
• iPod (with video) [#2]: Can no longer function as a bootable startup drive; Converting video files
• New iPod introduced: Slimmer, larger screen, video capabilities (including video-out), new accessories

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