USPS To Prohibit Delivery of Smartphones, Tablets with Lithium Ion Batteries

United States Postal Service (May 16 (USPS)
All international lithium-ion battery transportation, including many electronic products, is prohibited.
If you have a friend or relative who has been nagging you about sending them a new iPad, you may want to send them by next week.
The concern is that lithium-ion batteries may explode or catch fire under the right conditions ---
It caused a great disaster in the air of 30,000 feet.
In fact, according to Fast Company, lithium-ion batteries have been blamed for \"at least two fatal cargo aircraft crashes since 2006, including one UPS aircraft in Dubai \", the media first reported the story. U. S.
Soldiers in particular may be most affected because other shipping options such as UPS, DHL and FedEx are more expensive and cannot be delivered to the mailbox of the Army Post Office and Fleet Post Office.
So the only way to get a gadget full of lithium batteries to active soldiers is to mail it to a civilian address ---
This will make prices soar.
S. postal said they might reconsider the ban by January 1, 2013, when they expect the International Civil Aviation Organization, the Universal Postal Union and the postal service, to have figured out how to safely transport a limited number of lithium, and what kind of package or installer is needed to reduce the risk.
But before that, you may want to start making your gadget shipment plan for people you know overseas, unless you want to get stuck through a private courier company.