My brand new Vodafone USB 3G modem has just arrived. Reading the 
importantly named "HUAWEI E220HSDPA USB Modem Safety Information"

I am informed - I must never use it near lit tobacco products.  
Passive smoking effect, or perhaps misusing a modem after breathing in 
the fumes of someone's spliff?

I must not scratch or paint the cover.

I must operate the device a minimum of 1.5 cm from the body. Damn! 
That means I can't velcro it to my head for convenience. You'd think 
they'd provide a measuring template, and how many inches is that?

I mustn't use the device if I'm forbidden by law from doing so.

I mustn't use it near someone who has a hearing aid - If they pick up 
my internet, I want them to pay for it!

I mustn't use it near my PC if it has a wireless in it. Apparently and 
I quote ' it is rare, but your PC can generate sparks' making it an 
explosive area. - OK, I'll just keep the modem in it's box and not use 
it near a computer then.

I mustn't use it if I'm blasting in my backyard - that's my enjoyment 
at 3 am gone.

I mustn't use it near people who have a pacemaker. I wonder about a 
heart pump?

I mustn't allow children to play with my wireless device, apparently 
it could hurt them or others. Brilliant I can lob it and hit someone, 
but children can not have that particular enjoyment.

I mustn't use it whilst driving - is it OK if I'm in the car and 
someone else is driving? Do these new fangled GPS' in cars also come 
with a warning not to use them whilst driving I wonder?

Before I clean the device (you're meant to keep them clean?), I muyst 
switch off all electrical devices and close my applications. 

Notice it doesn't specifically say I can't use it in the restaurant 
area of a petrol station (or a petrol station at all), nor does it say 
I mustn't annoy people in the doctors surgery, by downloading the 
latest dodgy movie and playing it at full volume - think I've found a 
loophole or two here!

Colin
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cdb,  on 2/06/2008



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