Matsushita battery plant fire delays Pentax cam
By Evan Blass 
posted Oct 24th 2007 10:48AM
posted Oct 24th 2007 10:48AM
Not content with simply destroying our laptops and cellphones, those evil little lithium ion packs have just escalated the human-battery conflict once again by sacrificing many of their number to lay waste to an entire building. Actually, it's not clear what started the fire at Matsushita's Li-ion plant in western Japan on September 30th, although we suspect a cadre of malcontents decided to self-detonate after taking a cue from their comrades at Sony. What is clear is that an unnamed Pentax digital camera -- probably one of the recently-announced Optios -- will be delayed because of the fire, with its launch being pushed from next month to February of next year. Hitting us in the gadget, right where it hurts: smart move, clever foes, smart move.
We tested each of the flashlights by using the two test batteries. We then labelled each flashlight with the battery brand name and put the different batteries in each marked flashlight.
Before going to bed we will turn on all the flashlights at the same time and left them on overnight. We'll note down the time that the flashlights were turned on. When we wake up we will watch the flashlights until they go out and will record the time. If one goes out before we wake up, we will get two more of the same type of battery and watch it during the day.
Hey whatever happened to the winning mascot from the Mascot Contest?
We used to have an "electric fire" in the old house when we were kids, Always wondered how it worked.
But can it... wait a sec... it DOES play Doom!!!
Don't tell me I waste 4 hours of my time to draw a mascot, and you guys don't use the winner entry :( Boo
I wonder if the Pentax S10 was one of those cameras affected as well. It was due out last month and hasn't made it stateside yet.
Ummm yeah, those of us around for the mascot contest are confused -- what gives?