mpx200, killer of credit cards?

[Guest mike-oh]

Just at work fiddling with my phone and happen to pass it by some paper clips on the desk. I was quite surprised to find which part of the phone they found themselves attracted to.

Not the speaker or ariel but a tiny spot in the bottom right hand corner of the screen when the flip is open. You also get a weaker interaction over the same spot when the flip is closed.

Has anyone noticed this before? What's in that part of the phone that can cause that? And could it explain the buggered debit card i've had (probably does)?

Cheers,

Mike

[Guest scott2eyes]

I've never noticed that before... my guess is that it's got something to do with the satisfying "click" when you open the flip.

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

Nope (but close) it's the magnet that is used to activate the screen when the flip is opened.

I initially thought it was to do with the actual flip operation but that is not the case.

also it's a very strong magnet :shock:

[Guest rh0926]

And could it explain the buggered debit card i've had (probably does)?

Didn't MythBusters disprove the theory that electronics could screw up the mag strip on credit cards? :)

[Guest phonesmarts]

really? i thought anything that contained magnetic properties could render mag strips, or any other magnets useless, or buggered.

[Guest mike-oh]

Didn't MythBusters disprove the theory that electronics could screw up the mag strip on credit cards? :lol:

OK to test the theory save your dissertation project onto floppy disk, and put that along with all your bank cards on the cone of the biggest HiFi speaker you can find :lol:

(no it didn't do that btw :))

[Guest deavod]

Didn't MythBusters disprove the theory that electronics could screw up the mag strip on credit cards?   :)

They did finally erase the cards. But it took a bulk eraser to do it. That is, your regular every day magnet won't be strong enough to wipe the card. And you have to move the card along the magnetic field to disorient the polarity. Just putting the card up against a big magnet won't swipe the card either.

They tried to erase the cards with the magnetic money clips but that didn't work -- the gauss needed to erase the cards just isn’t there with the money-clip strength magnets.

So I guess the bottom line is unless you can pick up big chunks of metal with your MPx200 you don't need to worry about the magnet.

[Guest waroffice]

try a hard drive magnet that'll do the job!!!