I don't think they are THAT fragile. Over the last 2 years or so, I've had four different eInk devices and not one of them has had a problem. I'm sorry that you've had trouble, but to extrapolate that and say that there is a general issue is, I think, unwarranted. Yes, of course the odd one does go wrong, and you do have to treat them with a certain degree of respect, as you would any other electronic device. I treat my eInk devices in the same way that I'd treat my iPod. For every person who has a problem I'm sure that there are many hundreds who don't.
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