Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 1883

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Originally posted by Pathdoc
Terrysalmi mentioned a story about someone's PSION taking a bullet. I haven't heard that story but there is one over in the Plam GraveYard at PalmInfo Center where some guys shotgun barrel blew-up and his PDA stopped a fragment that would have hit him in the chest. I would have posted the link but PalmInfo Center appears to be down right now (Maybe they are being hacked again! )

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Mmm from now on I'll carry my Psion in my chest pocket instead of my pants

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Registered: Oct 1999
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Originally posted by ToolkiT

Mmm from now on I'll carry my Psion in my chest pocket instead of my pants

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. . . well, is any comment really necessary?

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Nebraska- the Good life
Posts: 695

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Originally posted by Pathdoc
Terrysalmi mentioned a story about someone's PSION taking a bullet. I haven't heard that story but there is one over in the Plam GraveYard at PalmInfo Center where some guys shotgun barrel blew-up and his PDA stopped a fragment that would have hit him in the chest. I would have posted the link but PalmInfo Center appears to be down right now (Maybe they are being hacked again! )

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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 236

I guess I should submit my story. I bought a neo (blue) in November and had taken it too school the first time two weeks later. I was reluctant to take it because I have seen soo many people break soo many things there, but I did. I survived the whole day at school and as I was walking to my car after I took out my visor, took of the cover, lost my grip and in perfect stride, watched it bounce twice on the pavement...(insert VERY nervous chuckle here)...The screen was cracked right down the middle and I was upset, that night I took it back from where I bought it (Future Shop for those fellow Canadians, the NEW langey store for those Vancouverites) and said that it was broken. I was already thinking of forking over the $40 for the protection plan and then shipping off my visor but Future Shop actually exchanged it. They looked at the screen and looked at me and I said that's why I wanted to exchange it, and they did! I couldn't believe it. Since then I have bought a big protective cse and I don't use it while walking (usually).
Alex.

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Nebraska- the Good life
Posts: 695

It can happen to ANYONE (insert evil chuckle here!)

I was walking in my living room, holding my Prism in the slipcase when it slipped out and hit the wood floor with a rather dull 'crack'. The fall was just about 24" and it hit corner first with little bounce.

The case cracked from the power button to the nearest screen corner. Dang!

I dis-assembled it and glued it up (by the way, SuperGlue removes the paint from a Prism), and re-assembled it. It was OK except for the visible crack and some paint loss... but it could have been worse.

What really ticks me off is that I had been using my RhinoSkin 1100 case up to then. I was using the slip case because it fit better in the pants I was wearing that day- and my new Vaja was going to arrive the next day!

(Of course, neither Handspring nor GetHighTech.com sell the front face of the Prism. Handspring told me they could swap it for $120- for a part that should only cost about $5 retail and can be installed in about 5 minutes. Thanks anyway!)

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