LG battery blowups
If you didn't already have enough reason to junk that old phone, Verizon Wireless has begun a 50,000 unit recall of LG TM510 batteries (phone pictured right), which have had 18 recent incidents including batteries that exploded and burned one user, and started a fire in another user's car. Recalled batteries are labeled with codes "AEMLLL 02220," AEMMHH 02220," "AEMLLL 02X25H" or "AEMMHH 02725". Also, according to the government, the use of non-LG chargers with these batteries increases the risk of overcharging and subsequently, explosion (we're skeptical, but we'll take their word for it). This is one handset we won't recommend just popping in that cell phone donations bin.
[Via DesignTechnica]
