| Enemies of the air, be where! |
[11th Dec, 2007|02:58 am] |
Forgive me dear reader, for I have yet again opted for a stupidly abstract title.
First off, "enemies". In fact in this instance, the culprit is a single entity by the name of Nokia. A couple of weeks ago, my phone exploded while it was on charge. I kid you not! It literally, did, explode. The battery short circuited, overheated, expanded, cracked, caught fire and disintegrated, shooting debris off everywhere and causing extensive localised damage to my carpet and walls. If you don't believe me, Check out the damage for yourself.
That nicely leads us onto "the air". This is where the element of abstraction shows itself. Over the air has loosely defined any form of wireless communication for many years. Since mobile phones are of course wireless devices in themselves, we thus offer some context when considering any grievances toward Nokia.
Finally and most importantly, we come to the ominously implied threat of caution directed at Nokia. For at last, their inadequacies shall be revealed to the good old British public, on the nation's best loved item of living room furniture, the television. Yes, look out for a Watchdog report into the case of the blundering batteries, on this week's programme. See you on the box tomorrow night at some time between 8 and 8.30 PM!
[footnote: 30 seconds TV time is roughly equivalent to 3 hours recording time and several more editing.]
The text of the title of this post is copyright (C) J.K. Rowling, and is a minor extract from the book entitled "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets".
P.S.: Anyone with a Nokia phone really should go take a look here:
http://www.nokia.com/batteryreplacement/ |
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I better look at that site since mine is nokia, and didn't you say yours was the same as my phone, an n70?
Yep, it was! Trust me, you really don't want it to blow up.
You know, this will actually be the first time I've been on TV for a reason other than my disability. I first went on a programme for schools when I was 8 called Numbers Plus, where I showed everyone how easy it is to tell coins apart if you can't see them. Then I got to go on GMTV with Noel Edmunds, simply because I happened to be one of the very lucky few disabled children to have enjoyed a free helicopter ride courtesy of his charity called Airborne. I was then featured on BBC One Northern Ireland simply for attending an RNIB vacation scheme, and soon after found myself the subject of one of those needy kid items on Children in Need, for having a talking laptop. The ironythere was that Children in Need paid for the vacation scheme, but not the laptop and then only realised they had no footage of the scheme itself after wed all gone home. So instead, we improvised and showed off my laptop which as far as I know, was grudgingly funded by my LEA while I was at school.
Of course I'd rather that my phone hadn't blown up, but for once, just for once, I actually have every right to be on the box due to circumstances which look beyond my disability in the first instance, although I've naturally not tried to ignore my disability on camera...Actually it's weird trying to help get camera shots of phones and stuff when one can't focus on the camera, although probably not nearly as weird for me as it was for the poor guy who had to watch the whole thing unfold!
Hi,
Wow ... I'm afraid BBC Scotland is a bit different so not sure if the time will be the same but I'll check. I do have a nokia but got it in September 2005: they are offering me an upgrade though, something's telling me to pass! XD
Bubbles and star
:) Ah yes, regions! I can't believe how many Sky channels are devoted to BBC One!
There aren't too many choices if you want a phone with Talks or MobileSpeak. You can get speech on phones with Windows on them, but you'd then have to buy another screen reader for that, unless you have MobileSpeak and theres a recognised upgrade path from Symbian to their Windows Smartphone version.
Sure, this might happen again. But it's the sort of thing that might happen with any mobile phone manufacturer. I expect they all out source battery manufacturing to other companies. The only reason I have issues with Nokia is due to their apparent disinterest in the problem. But every phone I've ever bought has been a Nokia, and I can't see that changing if I get an upgrade next year...Actually I wonder if I still can? Must find out!
O2 sent me a Nokia E65 to use instead of this N70. I still haven't unpacked it properly, but I'll let you know how I get on with it. I've heard that it has far better battery life. Well see! | |
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