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  1. Originally posted by germcevoyanother thing that annoyed me is that the upgrade is 99% going to be released in January. 18 month contract for the upgrade to be released in 2 months? No thanks


    Do you think they'll stage that though? USA first then us later down the line. If they do a complete upgrade across the board that'll piss a whole shedload of people off.
  2. Probably when the battery exploded something went into his back and shattered his spine.

    But the official, who spoke anonymously, said such a fatal explosion would be virtually impossible.


    That's not true. LG, Sony, Lenovo (IBM) and Dell were recalling half a million Lithium-Ion batteries due to fire and risk of explosions. And iPods/iPhones use the same batteries as well.

  3. Originally posted by drewhigginsProbably when the battery exploded something went into his back and shattered his spine.

    [..]

    Not if LG were recalling half a million Lithium-Ion batteries due to fire and risk of exploding it's not virtually impossible. Lithium-Ion is the same battery type the iPod and other electronics use as well, and still they made the mistake of using them for keeping the iPod small and lots of battery life.

    They should have used Nickel-Cadmium batteries.


    As long as mine doesn't blow up and melt to my face then i'll not worry. Would be nice to see some different battery technology though.
  4. Nickel-Cadmium is the way to go. It's actually cheaper (benefit to Apple) and smaller.

    Originally posted by wikipedia.comInternal contamination occurs with metal particles and in some cases, the seperator is pierced which causes the cell to short, rapidly converting all of the energy in the cell to heat, resulting in an reaction increasing the temperature to a few hundred degrees Celsius in a fraction of a second.


    I also think the battery in my old iPod might have caused problems. I looked just below at where the battery sits and it was corroded out.
  5. Originally posted by drewhigginsProbably when the battery exploded something went into his back and shattered his spine.

    [..]

    That's not true. LG, Sony, Lenovo (IBM) and Dell were recalling half a million Lithium-Ion batteries due to fire and risk of explosions. And iPods/iPhones use the same batteries as well.

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    That's horrendous.

    I'm not putting my iPod in my trouser pocket from now on if you know what I mean...
  6. This is the only case that didn't instantly make me vomit on the UK Apple store for the iTouch:-



    Is that the best they can come up with? I know it will protect it, whcih is good, but you losse all the visual impact (and thinness) which is pretty horrendous
  7. Update on the exploding phone that killed that dude.

    IT WAS A HOAX
  8. Originally posted by germcevoyUpdate on the exploding phone that killed that dude.

    IT WAS A HOAX




    I'm confused. Your link is to a very interesting U2.com article about JT on Radio 2.
  9. Originally posted by djrlewis[..]



    I'm confused. Your link is to a very interesting U2.com article about JT on Radio 2.


    ammended
  10. Originally posted by germcevoyUpdate on the exploding phone that killed that dude.

    IT WAS A HOAX


    That makes more sense than the story yesterday.

    Is it April and I didn't realise

    (Mind, the last April fool I fell for was about a JT Anniversary re-issue............)
  11. Originally posted by djrlewis[..]

    That makes more sense than the story yesterday.

    Is it April and I didn't realise

    (Mind, the last April fool I fell for was about a JT Anniversary re-issue............)


    I'm hearing that.
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