Nokia 5140: drop it in the water
posted August 26th 2004 3:58AM
You probably held your first cellphone like
it was a tiny, precious baby. But now you're on, like, your fifth phone and drop-kicking it just for laughs. Nokia
picked up on your mounting abuse last year and built the rugged (if not clunky and feature-poor) 5100, and now they're
back with the 5140. It's got a slimmer body, a digital compass and thermometer, and a whole lot more connectivity
features than the 5100, including GPRS, WAP 2.0, Java support, and infrared. It can sync to a PC, although via a
separately purchased data cable. Bluetooth is absent but at least it's water resistant, with a rubber and plastic
casing to protect the electronics, while the battery has its own seperate water resistant cover. The 5140 is meant for
people who go to sea or something but it just feels good knowing you can keep it in your back pocket on your next trip
to the bathroom (i.e. it might be unpleasant, but your phone will survive).
[Via Panbo.com]
...that I still use the old 5100 (although I'm going to move upto the 5140 when I can).
The reason is because it's simply baby proof. Small children, toddlers and babies love phone, no idea why, but they do. So far it's survived chewing, throwing and vomit.
I had the choice between something flash and shiney with twisty bit and the 5100, which would you let a 1 year old get their grubby hands on.
Oh yeah the "water resistant" is really just to handle heavy rain and splashes, not the whole in water thing (although it has been through that too!)
Mod
My mate dropped his Sony Ericsson T630 down the toilet, but was just quick enough to fish it out. It still works!!!!
Then he spilt a pint of larger on it. It still works!!!!
is one of the most common reasons for cellphone damage. I've done it twice and the phone only survived once.
Just dropped my sony ericson k700i down the loo got it out straight away but its bummed out. :( xx
We could use this for rains, floods and hurricanes too.