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Thread ID: 37039	2003-08-27 00:00:00	OT: Proof that Mobile Phones are Harmful....	csinclair83 (200)	Press F1

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170788	2003-08-27 00:00:00	A 33-year-old Dutch woman sustained slight face and neck burns after her mobile phone burst into flames, the Amsterdam police said August 21. The incident, which occurred Tuesday, happened after the woman dropped her phone in a music store in central Amsterdam. It caught fire when she picked it up and switched it back on, a police spokesman said. She was treated for superficial burns by an ambulance team that rushed to the scene. "The battery got hot and then the phone burst into flames. It was a Nokia. We later heard she had used a replacement battery," said Jan Willem van Hofwegen of Fame Music store. A Nokia spokesman in Helsinki said similar incidents have happened in the past and were always related to faulty batteries from independent electronics manufacturers. "We've heard about phones that overheated, melted and, in the worst case, exploded," he said. "In all cases it was caused by a replacement battery which was not a Nokia accessory. The manufacturers violated security requirements which should prevent it from heating up after short circuiting, for instance, after it was dropped." **taken off nzoom.com**	csinclair83 (200)
170789	2003-08-27 00:30:00	Interesting - good thing I don't buy Nokia :D 1 more post 'til you hit the 1k, Chris! :D Mike.	Mike (15)
170790	2003-08-27 00:38:00	i'll use my 1000th post to confess something... I brought a nokia 2 weeks ago	csinclair83 (200)
170791	2003-08-27 00:46:00	I'll be next to Congradulate you then :-) I too own a Nokia, and my next purchase will also be a nokia phone! I wouldnt be without it! They noted that it was a cheapo battery from a 3rd party vendor, which was the cause. My nokia has never given me grief, and has been through so much, such as falling from 3 story buildings and still being in one piece! Still, I'd hate for any phone to burst into flames while using it!	Chilling_Silently (228)
170792	2003-08-27 01:14:00	hi i wouldn't be amuzed anyway... because nokia's phone do have the big history on those events anyway... i heard on the news at Hong Kong, where people put its wrong next to some twink (correction fluid), it also got serious injury as well and also, other Hong Kong person who using a Nokia 3310, also got the same event as csinclair said, also got burns and injury those nokia phone (especially Nokia 3310) heats up very easily, i think it is encouraged not to use that too long... now i wouldn't use this phone again and i switch to Alcatel instead... jacky	jackyht (3685)
170793	2003-08-27 03:10:00	it hasnt stopped kiwis...9000 of nokia 2280 have been sold in nz in the last month....i think its all because of the $10 month telecom deal for texting and thats all i use it for :) the only thing i worried now about is...when my phone charges, it does but it says battery full..should i leave it on charger still or take it off asap?..i asking becasuse yeah basically this has kinda scared me coz its battery related...and i sometimes want to leave my phone charging all night..and it only takes 2-3 hours sometimes...	csinclair83 (200)
170794	2003-08-27 04:07:00	Hi Chris Don't forget that you don't hit the "real" PF1 1K till your 1024th post. After all, this is a computer forum. :D Well, most of the time anyway :8} the odd OT & WFTWE kinda intrude from time to time. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
170795	2003-08-27 04:14:00	1024? i mite know something but i'm lost at what ur trying to tell me....	csinclair83 (200)
170796	2003-08-27 04:21:00	Well Chris, you have to be a geek to understand what Billy is talking about.....	Susan B (19)
170797	2003-08-27 04:35:00	Mobile phones being harmful reminds me of the Levi Strauss & Co (www.cellular.co.za) new Jeans line for guys who carry their phones in their front pocket. It has anti-radiation lining in the front pocket to protect the wearers "future generations" from *harmful* radiation. :D	Jen C (20)
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