(keitai-l) Re: keitai no swim

From: Benedict Evans <ben_at_ben-evans.com>
Date: 07/01/04
Message-ID: <27766.217.161.24.17.1088681487.spork@webmail.ben-evans.com>
I always thought that was just a way for the shop assistant to know if
you'd got it wet, so they could refuse a warrantee replacement. i.e. 'no
sir, it didn't just stop working, you dropped it in the sink, so we're not
giving  you a free replacement'

-Benedict

> As a follow-up to my own question.  I guess for newer phones, the battery
> and the battery inset will have some 'dots', that have a checkerboard
> coloring.  It seems that if one of the dots becomes a solid color (alas,
> as
> in my case) it is indeed toast.  This info is from a Japanese co-worker,
> so
> some things may be lost in translation.

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Received on Thu Jul 1 14:31:32 2004