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Originally Posted by cr0c0 View Post
True, but accidents will kill pretty much anything. I sat on my very first Palm Pilot 5000, and cracked the screen. I guess I should have demanded Palm use diamond instead of glass.
I am sorry but in this context you are very wrong.

I have had a N85 for 2+ years. And it has had many many accidents. I Connect to the USB port about 20 times a day in my car to charge it and connect it by usb to the stereo. It slides across the dash board swings off altogether in many cases gets pulled of the desk in a similar way to texrats device several times a year.

And worst of all was thrown off the dash board smashed into the car window then flew into the back of the car ripping the cable out of the car radio when I successfully parked My Acura integra under a Ford ranger truck at 35mph head on.

The car was a write off of course and all are fine.

And my driving skills are not the issue of this discussion.

The N85 on the other hand was my backup while my N900 was running back and forth to nokia.

The only thing that went wrong. I had to replace the back plate and the screen is a little scratched.

Now I will agree this is hard time for a phone. I am very impressed with the N85 and will keep it as the phone I use when I am not expected to treat it with care.

However phones by the very nature of being a mobile device need to be a little tougher then the average laptop. If dropping it a couple of feet with a USB cable in is enough to break it then no the device is not fit for purpose.

Last edited by HumanPenguin; 2010-03-11 at 21:59.
 

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