Registered: Nov 2000
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Three days ago I purchased a Prism at the CompUSA in Louisville. Yesterday morning, after reading about cracks in the cases of some Prisms, I looked closely at mine and found two hairline cracks, one on the side of the case and one on the top.

I called CompUSA and they told me they had four more in stock. I went out to exchange mine and we found that all four of the ones in stock had THE SAME CRACKS as mine!

It sure does look as if Handspring rushed these out to the market.

After using the Prism for a couple of days, I am hooked on it and don't want to go back to my Vx. I ordered another one directly from Handspring and hope they've worked out the problem by now.

Anyone else notice hairline cracks in the case?

Bob

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Clarksville, VA, USA
Posts: 74

Don't worry...

rsachs...

This has already been discussed in another thread. Those are not really cracks, but mold lines. My Prism has them also in the same place.

Check out this thread:

http://discussion.visorcentral.com/...p?threadid=9258


You can relax now and enjoy your Prism.

David

Registered: Nov 2000
Location:
Posts: 7

Cracks

I looked at the cracks on my Prism with a 10x loupe and I can tell you for sure that at least one was definately a crack and not mold line. The other was not as clear.

Bob

Registered: Oct 2000
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They are mold lines. You can see them in ALL Prisms. Look at the Gadgeteer review and you can see those mold lines on their Prism too!

Registered: Nov 2000
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Posts: 7

Cracks in Prism Case

With all due respect to Apollo, I am familiar with the Gageteer review and the pictures of the Prism included in that review. In none of those pictures are there cracks or mold lines that correspond with the cracks I found on my Prism. I clearly see the mold lines and recognize that they are not cracks.

But on the machine I returned, there were cracks - in addition to the mold lines.

You can call the cracks mold lines if you want, but they remain clear breaks in the plastic case.

Bob

Registered: Nov 2000
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 201

Re: Cracks in Prism Case

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Originally posted by rsachs
With all due respect to Apollo, I am familiar with the Gageteer review and the pictures of the Prism included in that review. In none of those pictures are there cracks or mold lines that correspond with the cracks I found on my Prism. I clearly see the mold lines and recognize that they are not cracks.

But on the machine I returned, there were cracks - in addition to the mold lines.

You can call the cracks mold lines if you want, but they remain clear breaks in the plastic case.

Bob

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