Cellphone or Bombshell ?!!

There's a big hullabaloo all over about the Nokia-branded BL-5C batteries. My phone is also powered with the same battery model. It is now figured out that there are about 300 million BL-5C batteries in use. Out of which, about 46 million batteries manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd. of Japan between December 2005 and November 2006 are alleged as defective.

I checked out mine with the Nokia website by entering the 26-character identification number from the back of the battery. It got like scrutinizing university/board results. My heart pumped faster as the page went on loading. At last the page opened and the message "Your battery may be replaced" was displayed. I was disappointed a bit. However, the thought of being a part of the 46 million, allured me. The use of 'may' raises thousand questions. Maybe 'may' is used to show that the battery which comes out at a price of about 750 bucks is an ex gratia from Nokia!

Anyway, after verifying mine, I checked out my friends'; a dozen more. None of them were defective. Unlike me, they were unlucky. Or perhaps Nokia is pleased with me. After all I’m a big fan of its products. I'm the lucky charm!

Nokia is the largest manufacture of cell phones in the world with a wide range of models. Credulous people are flooding Nokia service and sale centers with different queries. People are apprising that it's like carrying a pinned out hand grenade in ones pocket! Even the media is exaggerating this issue. However, the company isn't using words like explode, blast or the like. "Dislodge" is the word they are comfortable with!

Though, only 100 incidents approximately have occurred, that too only while charging the phone, it's always wise to take precautions. I used to keep my phone in the left front pocket of my trouser. Now, i started to keep it in the back pocket! After all I don't wanna loose my procreativeness. Ma ham would definitely endure such exertions.

My family members asked me to purchase a new battery or else to keep the phone switched off all the time! Whereas my friends suggested me to keep it in the kitchen or toilet while charging! They scream on me, "stay away you unpredictable chancy bomb"!

These days I’m charging the phone only during the night. Nowadays it's missing out on the warmth of my pillow. I keep it in a corner of the room!

The company wants its lucrative genius back. The website carried this message: "To ensure proper disposal, all recipients of a replacement battery hereby agree to return the old battery in the envelope provided".

Surely boss. Who would like to ramble with a erratic 'bomblet' in their pockets!

I can't stay away from my phone. It's a part of my life. It's a amalgam of essential elements. Things ranging from photography to music, and games to internet; it has everything. I've about 90 softwares installed in it! Even this blog's also written using the same phone. I named it Doppelganger; and the memory card as "Mnemosyne", the Greek goddess of memory. No, i haven't named the battery yet! Hmmm.. how's Bombshell?!