By Sara Silver | The Wall Street Journal When Debora Munczek's BlackBerry slipped off her folded newspaper and into the toilet one morning, she suspected it wasn't the first time in history that a cell phone got drenched. So she searched "cell phones and water" on the Internet and followed the advice that popped up: Remove the battery, wrap the device in a dry washcloth and aluminum foil, and bake it in the oven for several hours at a low setting. The phone worked pretty well after that -- until Munczek, a sleep-deprived clinical psychologist in New York City, dropped it twice more into the toilet. It then began dialing random phonebook entries, including the local police precinct. That when she decided to call it quits and get a new phone. The risk of immersion can't stop people from checking their email in the bathroom,...
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