brave [little] meme

White iPhones discolouring due to overheating batteries. That was the report doing the rounds for the last two weeks (notably ignored here), and what a pile of bogus it was. Turns out, contrary to the alarmist cries of “OMG my white ifone gon xplode” passed around between blogs like a hot potato, the real truth is a lot less dramatic: colour transfer from a case.

The solution? Rubbing alcohol. Sadly, Palm Pre owners suffering from their devices literally coming apart at the seams are not so lucky. No amount of household products is ever going to fix that particular  screwup.