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iPod = Strong little sucker!
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Nov 12, 2001, 11:45 PM
 
It's official - the iPod is buff.

I just dropped mine 3 feet onto a tiled floor (hard as concrete)..

Works fine.

The only damage was the corner it landed on is "Squished" in a little (very minimal, maybe 1 mm), and the ears of those standing around me as I uttered colorful obsceneties during the fall. =)

[ 11-13-2001: Message edited by: RiscIt ]
     
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Nov 12, 2001, 11:48 PM
 
I bet your iPod isn't as tough as my Pismo.

It's fallen into a pool and kept on ticking. It's visited somewhere between ten and fifteen countries, kept me warm and alive when our rented Hyundai van died in the Andes mountains (5,000 meters plus), and been dropped innumerable times.
     
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Nov 12, 2001, 11:58 PM
 
heh. You win. =)

I just didn't expect that tiny 5G drive to survive a fall that brutal.
     
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Nov 13, 2001, 12:24 AM
 
hmm i hope this is for all ipods that we can drop em as we wish and still work, i never had luck with dropping things and using it again =\
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Nov 13, 2001, 01:47 AM
 
Some people are just luckier than others.
     
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Nov 13, 2001, 12:42 PM
 
Originally posted by RiscIt:
<STRONG>The only damage was the corner it landed on is "Squished" in a little (very minimal, maybe 1 mm), and the ears of those standing around me as I uttered colorful obsceneties during the fall. =)

[ 11-13-2001: Message edited by: RiscIt ]</STRONG>
That is some funny stuff. Glad to hear it still works. Thanks for the accident test results.
     
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Nov 13, 2001, 02:24 PM
 
My Pismo has survived a fall down a flight of stairs. Beat that, sucka!
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