ipod smashed!!!!

zipline

ok hi everyone,

i dont have a point to this only to say be carefull with your ipods.
i was driving my bike this morning and i had my ipod in my pocket, only it wasnt in my pocket for long.....
it fell out and smashed into loads of pieces....... i wasnt goin fast either so it wasnt that that made it go all over the place...

im kinda pist off but it was interesting to see the tiny hard drive inside and the tinier battery.

just b carefull while carrying yours.

Bluetonic

zipline wrote:

ok hi everyone,

i dont have a point to this only to say be carefull with your ipods.
i was driving my bike this morning and i had my ipod in my pocket, only it wasnt in my pocket for long.....
it fell out and smashed into loads of pieces....... i wasnt goin fast either so it wasnt that that made it go all over the place...

im kinda pist off but it was interesting to see the tiny hard drive inside and the tinier battery.

just b carefull while carrying yours.

You probably should post this on the Pockets Forum too as a general warning that pockets are not as good as they used to be

Inspector Gadget

See if any of the parts are intact - the scroll wheel, screen, mainboard, battery (assuming it's relatively new) etc. - you may be able to sell them, at least? Maybe even the HDD, if it wasn't running when it hit the ground...

Gadget

Scubadevils

You would be surprised what house insurance can cover

Lump

What did you think was going to happen?

John

KTRIC

Rubber Ipods, that's what's next from Apple. You heard it here first.

dudara

The long and the short of it is to...

buy a belt holster. I've lost numerous minidisc player and mobile phone screens to impacts with objects in my pockets or handbags. So this time also bought a holster when I got the iPod. Best idea ever.,

zipline

the main thing i was trying to point out was that if it falls it will smash into pieces.......

adox

iskin

Lump

zipline wrote:

the main thing i was trying to point out was that if it falls it will smash into pieces.......

REALLY! Who would have thought a flimsy piece of plastic would break when dropped!

John

grimloch

Although I've heard of a H320 being dropped on the pavement without serious consequence.

But in fairness what else is it going to do?

muckwarrior

grimloch wrote:

Although I've heard of a H320 being dropped on the pavement without serious consequence.

Indeed. Just goes to show that iRiver can kick iPods ass in more ways than one!

tman

Lump wrote:

REALLY! Who would have thought a flimsy piece of plastic would break when dropped!

John

it's actually a fairly solid sheet of acrylic.

i might be interested in buying a few parts off the op if it's a 3rd gen model... ("drowned" my one not so long ago, it still works but the screen is borked)

Lump

Clearly it's not Fairly solid.

John

zipline

ok well nevermind.

it can still connect to my comp n so ill just take my music off it n buy a new one..