http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/ Engadget Comments for Will it freeze? i-mate JAQ takes a chilly beating http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/
Water + Powered-On Device = Death]]>Apr 18th 2007 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/
The phone probably survived the freezing itself but not the genius smashing with a baseball bat method they used to get it out of the ice.

They weren't very thorough with the alive test either, one attempt at the power button and they gave up. The battery could be damaged from the freezing but the device might still be fine, or since it was fresh out the box the battery might have simply drained from the device being on for several hours. Waiting an hour for the device to properly thaw once out of the box might have produced different results as well.]]>Apr 18th 2007 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/Apr 18th 2007 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/Apr 18th 2007 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/Apr 18th 2007 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/May 24th 2007 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/Apr 18th 2007 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_batteries#Guidelines_for_prolonging_Li-ion_battery_life]]>Apr 18th 2007 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/
A friend is building a backpack plasma cutter based off of heated LiPo batteries.]]>Apr 18th 2007 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/
"According to one book,[10] lithium ion batteries should not be frozen (should not be stored under -40 °C), because most lithium-ion battery electrolytes freeze at approximately −40 °C (this is much colder than the lowest temperature reached by household freezers, however).".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_batteries#Guidelines_for_prolonging_Li-ion_battery_life

Even so this article is talking about battery aging over time, not battery performance in one charge. My Sony HDR-HC1 HD camcorder has a sony M series lithium battery, and it usually runs for an average of 1hr (or less) recording time. However, when I was shooting at 24 degrees F, the battery lasted less than 15min. ]]>Apr 18th 2007 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/
Oh, and those of you worried about senseless abuse (yeah, it's getting gratuedous now) the only devices that never had an exceptional life span under my care was my 1st gen iPod (stolen), the NetMD device (optical drive failed to read disks after it was dropped on the ice from my hand, four feet, tops), and the Audiophile MP3 CD player (it fell apart, due to poor production value). And all of them were treated casually (no beatings, rubbing snow in them, blending or katana-ing).

Not totally sure of just how on-topic my comments are, but I'm tired and cranky, and I want to say things.]]>Apr 18th 2007 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/18/will-it-freeze-i-mate-jaq-takes-a-chilly-beating/
The vids are on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LbRF20d6TE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aene_SW2kNo]]>Apr 18th 2007 12:18PM