The percentage of returned gadgets that have nothing wrong with them.
Of the $13.8 billion worth of returned products in 2007, only 5 percent were because gadgets were actually broken, according to a 2008 study.
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Why do you hate product placement? Only when it's so unsubtle-ly done is it disgusting. I can't think of a movie I've seen that is so blatant about product placement. Perhaps the biggest offender that comes to my mind is Casino Royale, with all its electronics being Sony [Ericsson] related, but even then, that's only obvious to the techie.
In any case, I was EXTREMELY excited that the Tube was in Batman, or that every cellphone was a Nokia (other ones include the 5100 and the 8800 in the drawer with the Tube). Do you think that the production Tube will have the same features, though? :-p
No, all the product placement in Casino Royale was blatant, such as the use of nothing but Ford/Land Rover/Aston Martin vehicles, nothing but Sony Ericsson Cell Phones (would James Bond really use such a crappy phone?), and Sony DVD Players (security room in hotel), Sony Laptops, etc. It was pretty sad...someone even did a montage of all the product placement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naBRz1Y0cc8&feature=related
I guess you've never used a Sony Ericsson K800. It's actually a great device.