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Originally Posted by HappyMartin
I am not saying that there are no mysterious breaks but I am saying our break was not terribly surprising. I am interested in find out what is behind these breaks as we own 2 readers. My gut feel is still that the plastic housing is too flimsy to support the thin glass substrate and prevent flexing.
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Wow. That sounds like quite a drive! If people and vehicles ended up damaged I agree that a broken Cybook is not a surprise.
Ok, taking you off the list that leaves us with 18 screen breaks in this thread alone. I did include some members who knew how it broke, but thought it broke with far too little resistance. (Like albertoLP who said he "barely touched it".) I tend to think that the person who experienced the break is in a better position to know how they treated it than we are. Especially when some members here have stated that they have dropped their cybooks often, and carry them around in bags or briefcases with other items with no damage.
Also, I do agree with many of the members here who state that the reader by its very nature is meant to be used, and carried around. Isn't that one of the reasons we all use them? It is a small portable device that can be taken on trips rather than carrying a stack of books? So I think it really should stand up to reasonable usage.
The members included in the list of 18 screen breaks in this thread:
wearbog, binzer, minigrrl, mjdb, AL1432, Rixte (2), Ortep, rjnagle, jinibiza, Disconnect (2), dki, albertoLP, patatan, razza, xharekx33, gerry.
(Feel free to adjust the list)