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  • Nokia phone battery explodes, flies across room

    Exploding batteries are back: last Friday, the battery of an Australian readers' Nokia 6230i phone exploded and flew across the room, burning a hole in her floor.

  • Phone explodes, Nokia answers

    Nokia has responded to a story ZDNet Australia published on Wednesday in which a reader, Linda Lisica, sent in photographs showing how her battery shot out of a charging phone and exploded.

  • Nokia recalls 46 million batteries

    Nokia has issued a recall for Lithium-ion batteries used in over 50 of its mobile phones under suspicion that faulty units could pose a risk of overheating.

  • Nokia: Original batteries don't explode

    Looking to allay concerns over the safety of some of its mobile phones, Nokia cited a study that showed that earlier research on its "exploding" phones was based on samples that included counterfeit batteries.

  • Why's my mobile melting?

    Mobile phone maker Nokia warned Friday that a growing number of its handsets are being damaged by badly made or counterfeit batteries from other companies.

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  • Nokia: Original batteries don't explode

    Looking to allay concerns over the safety of some of its mobile phones, Nokia cited a study that showed that earlier research on its "exploding" phones was based on samples that included counterfeit batteries.

  • Why's my mobile melting?

    Mobile phone maker Nokia warned Friday that a growing number of its handsets are being damaged by badly made or counterfeit batteries from other companies.

  • Nokia turns phones into credit cards

    Nokia and MasterCard launch a US trial of a new breed of mobile phone technology that lets people use their Nokia phones as credit cards.

  • MasterCard AU monitoring US Nokia payment trial

    Australian MasterCard executives are awaiting the results of a joint trial with Nokia in the United States of new technologies that allow individuals to use their mobile phones as credit cards before implementing any local program.

  • Nokia's nod to Bluetooth

    News that software developers are starting to lose confidence in Bluetooth has done little to discourage Nokia from giving a nod to the struggling wireless protocol. The company has recently released a special edition of the Nokia 6210, called the Cyber Silver, and a connectivity pack that will allow it to communicate with Bluetooth devices.

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