Smartphones banned at 2012 Olympics?

Some eagle-eyed Olympics watchers have unearthed a document which looks to promise restrictions on smartphones at the 2012 Olympics in London, meaning you won’t be live tweeting, snapping away, calling your mum to wave on the telly, or uploading blurry shots of the high jump to your Facebook. Read on for more info.

The document states that “food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, liquids in containers of greater than 100ml in size, umbrellas, horns, whistles, drums, rattles, musical instruments, or any other devices that in the opinion of Locog may disturb a Session (including mobile telephones), flasks, thermoses and in general any material that Locog may deem dangerous or that may cause damage or disruption to a Session.”

Whether this means that all events will involve the confiscation and recollection of mobile phones during events, or whether it will be restricted to sessions that require quiet and concentration has yet to be seen.

While it seems feasible to ask that people hand in mobile phones before events like weightlifting, where a mobilephone ringing could be the difference between a gold medal and nothing at all, it seems unlikely, and logistically impossible, to ensure this happens at large athletics events and the opening ceremony.

What do you think? Should smartphones be banned at the Olympics? Shout out in the comments!

[via ThinQ]

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