Blackberry Very Hardware

I am office-bound all the time. But this week I needed to get involved to move the contents of one warehouse into another. I spent three days lifting and moving heavy materials. I had my Blackberry clipped to my belt. First it fell off my belt onto the concrete and into a muddy puddle. Then it fell off a loading dock onto cobblestone. Then there was another fall onto concrete.

Then I figured out I had best store it in my pocket.

I mention all this because I am amazed how I abused the thing. It has a few scratches but it works fine.

I can't imagine my old Palm Tungsten (no phone) would have endured that abuse.

Blackerries have severe limitations. But they sure are hardy.
 
Smaller screen can withstand more.

Blackberries have smaller screens than PDAs. Smaller screen is lighter so it can withstand more. Besides it is not a touch screen.
 
TesTeq said:
Blackberries have smaller screens than PDAs. Smaller screen is lighter so it can withstand more. Besides it is not a touch screen.
True! Forgot about the touch screen. Maybe the Blackberry could withstand my looking at it. . .but I have managed to keep my Clie alive by treating it as if it were made of hand-blown glass or something. :-)
 
Mighty Zaurus!

My Zaurus SL-5500 is still going strong after more than three years of hard use and abuse, including at least a few drops and falls. Plus it has a pretty big touchscreen plus a slide-out keyboard. I love this thing! Not sure what I'll do if it ever stops working.
 
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