Your cell phone already has the water detector..works find in humidity. On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:52 AM, b_s-wilk <b1sun...@yahoo.es> wrote:
> > Apple cooks up a scheme so creepy that it would give me second thoughts >>> > about buying one of their products. A built-in system of sensors to >>> monitor >>> > and log "customer abuse" which apparently includes jailbreaking your >>> iphone >>> > that has the ability to shut down the product and void the warranty. >>> This is >>> > far creepier than Windows genuine advantage. >>> >> >> I have long lamented the fact that Apple decided to hitch its cart >> to phones, music sales and music players. The one and only affinity I >> have for Apple is with their desktop and portable computers and I wish >> their primary focus had remained there. I fully realize that the >> iPhone and the iPod made mega-bucks for Apple, but that fact is likely >> at the root of the problem as described in the article. >> >> > How many people brought Apple products to be repaired under warranty > that were broken due to user abuse rather than product defects? Plenty > of them--enough to create this rumor. The warranty covers defects, not > abuse. > > However the "water detector" designed in northern California, where it's > usually dry, won't work in Maryland or any place on the East or Gulf > coasts where humidity is very high. High humidity could cause the > detector to register as wet when it's the air that's saturated, rather > than the device having been wet or submerged. > > Apple will probably develop a device to make up for humidity, if they do > anything at all. It's a rumor. > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
