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Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man

So apparently it can withstand coffee on the screen but not a light tap from a mini-USB cable.

That´s the thing, how much it can withstand? around a woman´s purse there´s a lot of debris, dust, and sometimes harder things. Don´t underestimate cookie crumbs... I never had a screen breaking on me, even after very hard shocks... But this guy´s Kindle was sitting on his desk, untouched! It simply died on him...
http://www.clubdelebook.com/muerte-de-un-kindle/