Cell phones untrusted, unsafe?

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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Subject:        Cell phones untrusted, unsafe?
Author: Reese <reese () inkworkswell com>
Date:           16th March 2005 1:12:31  PM

Hello Dave,

It looks like AOL is making 3 "small but significant" changes to their
EULA <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1776146,00.asp> so that
issue can be put to rest, I hope.

Elsewhere, cell phones are dangerous (1) and blowing up (2). Some are
saying the Thai case has the legs to go the distance with Nokia.

Reese


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<http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=73139&n_date=20050315&cat=Health> 


Over 60 pct people think mobiles are dangerous!:-
London March 15, 2005 3:50:25 PM IST

Before picking up your next mobile handset, wait and think a while, for if 
a recent government survey is to be believed, over 60 percent of the 
British public is of the view that having a mobile is more harmful than 
beneficial to one's health.

According to a Mori Research report, titled Science in Society, 
commissioned by the British Government's Department of Trade and Industry, 
this alarming statistic pales in comparison to how mobiles were perceived 
two years ago. The conclusions were reached after a survey, of around 2000 
people, reports The Telegraph.

The paper quoted Sir William Stewart, the head of the National Radiological 
Protection Board, Britain's radiation watchdog, as recently warning that 
the dangers of mobile phones - particularly to children - were still 
unknown. A Swedish study has further linked long-term use with double the 
risk of a rare tumour on a nerve that connects the ear to the brain. (ANI)


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<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/fool/20050315/bs_fool_fool/1110893280> 

Unsafe at Any Frequency?
Tue Mar 15, 8:28 AM ET
By Tim Beyers (TMFMileHigh)
Have time for a quick quiz? An exploding phone is:

(a) A popular gag gift. (b) An industry term for fancy new smartphones from 
palmOne and Research In Motion . (c) A big and growing problem for 
mobile-phone market leader Nokia (news - web sites) .

Time's up. The answer is (c). Since the summer of 2003, there have been at 
least 20 incidents of Nokia phones that have literally exploded. A few of 
the cases resulted in serious injuries and hospitalization. Poorly built 
third-party batteries have been cited time and again as the cause for these 
explosions, and that leads the blame away from Nokia. But now, the 
situation could change.

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