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Cute. I wonder if this would rust in a bathroom.

This may be a dumb question, but is it okay to put your cellphone on a magnetic surface?

JV, I don't think that's dumb - all the info I've read (albeit online) says that magnets are harmful to cell phones.

I had this in an old apartment and it was great! You can't really see it in this picture, but the metal dips down and comes back up into the shelf, so that there is a little lip there that can hold mail too.

Its made by a company called three by three seattle and there is a huge variety of other products (as well as this one, in red) at this store:

http://www.fridgedoor.com/thbythse.html

JV: the blue surface isn't magnetic itself, but its metal, so you can use magnets to hold stuff on the organizer - so your cellphone should be ok on it - cells phones are safe from magnets anyhow - the problem is the other way around - im pretty sure keeping something - like a bank/subway card - with a magnetic strip can demagnetize the card... ive killed both metro and subway cards by keeping them in my pocket with my cell.

i keep going back and forth on this...i might just get it now

I got one from Urban Outfitters and love it. A word of warning, tho: the "white" is actually "off-white" - and I would have ordered blue if I'd known. :(

I have one of these red mounted by the front door. I like it...useful.

P.S. - Can't really think of anything in a modern cell phone would be seriously bothered by a low level magnet.

c-net says that magnets shouldn't really pose a problem to cell phones.

also, this is MUCH more affordable than the magnetic shelf they blogged about yesterday. (or was that today?)

Huh? "In situ" -- Latin -- means "still in the place it was found" -- often an archeology term -- why here?

"In situation" perhaps?

My BlackBerry has a magnet *in* it, something about holders or some such, so I think a magnet can't really hurt a cell phone. It's little magnet picks up paper clips off my desk.