On Tuesday 23 September 2008 15:34:51 Joel Newkirk wrote: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:04:02 +0200, Joerg Reisenweber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > If you bought a Nokia BL-5C for a spare battery, you might want to check > > this > > site: > > http://batteryreplacement.nokia.com/batteryreplacement/en/ > > > > cheers > > jOERG > > Wow. After reading this I went to check the BL-5c from my old Nokia 6600, > and couldn't find it. I also have a BL-6c and a new BL-5c clone I ordered > online a couple months ago. That last one was on the desktop > charger, and was almost twice as thick in the middle as it should be... > extremely pillow-shaped. > > Needless to say I relocated it to the middle of the concrete garage floor > away from anything flammable. (6-ft radius :) > > Thanks for the heads up. Apparently whoever made this clone battery, it > has the same or a similar flaw to the genuine Nokia ones made by Matsushita > in 2006. (always assuming it's not just someone selling off the portion of > the 46 million made which never reached consumers, which actually seems > pretty believable) But the timing is just remarkable.
Hehe, cool. Have you got some protective clothing and a 6.5 foot stick to poke it with? :) Sarton _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community