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Naughty images on the phone!
I did let out a slight chuckle when I read about a poor woman who went in to a “Dick Smith Electronics” store in Australia to buy a Mobile phone, and subsequently found out that someone had previously used it to make a photo diary of what sounds like a dirty weekend in a hotel!
The story, featured on The Register, explains that the University student was sold a display phone (can you see how this whole thing occurred now!), and when the call volume was apparently so low that the phone seemed to be faulty, the student checked the rest of the phone – finding the selection of 49 images, with various levels of sexual content!
Apparently the student made quite a thing about it, suggesting that she was upset because she didn’t know where the phone had been previously (urgh, grim!), and it would appear there will now be a compensation payment.
I wonder how many people would be genuinely offended by something like this? It’s wrong for the images to be on there for sure, but how desensitized are we to this stuff nowadays – me, I blame the Interweb for that 
Anyhoo, if you want to take a more probing and in-depth read of the story, you can see it here.
[Via: The Register / Image via: crave.cnet.co.uk]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
