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>Seems the batteries with 3310 and 3330, 3510, 3510i, 5510, 6650 and 6800
>models could be explosive according to a Belgian watchdog.
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/33879.html
>
>Nokia blame 3rd party replacements obviously.

> Seems the batteries with 3310 and 3330, 3510, 3510i, 5510, 6650 and 6800
> models could be explosive according to a Belgian watchdog.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/33879.html
>
> Nokia blame 3rd party replacements obviously.
> timco
>
>

> Seems the batteries with 3310 and 3330, 3510, 3510i, 5510, 6650 and 6800
> models could be explosive according to a Belgian watchdog.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/33879.html
>
> Nokia blame 3rd party replacements obviously.
> timco
>

>According to a book
>by Bruce Schneier called Beyond Fear nokia actually researched and
>implemented a feature in their handsets that makes the phone draw full power
>from any 3rd party battery detected.

> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:23:01 -0000, Chopper
> wrote:
>
> >According to a book
> >by Bruce Schneier called Beyond Fear nokia actually researched and
> >implemented a feature in their handsets that makes the phone draw full
power
> >from any 3rd party battery detected.
>
> Utter drivel. I use non-Nokia batteries in several Nokia handsets, and
> the battery life is BETTER than the original battery, so the handset
> cannot possibly be drawing additioanl current.
>
> As for drawing full power from a battery, thats stupid: you can
> take a pretty big current from a Li-Ion battery. If Nokia were doing
> this, the battery would flatten in a few minutes.
>
> This has to be as moronic a dead granny as the #90 hoax.
>
> --
>
> Iain
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>Ive not quoted him in order to say hes right, youre wrong but just to
>prove Ive not just made up some crappy theory on the spot. At the same
>time, he is a world renowned security expert and author with a few books
>behind him so I can only assume this is fact and has been backed up with
>research.

>There must be someone on this group that will know if this is b0llocks or
>not!?

>Ive not quoted him in order to say hes right, youre wrong but just to
>prove Ive not just made up some crappy theory on the spot.