Thread: Water and Dustproof! Do we really want/need it?
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Old 08-23-2014, 03:29 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by cybmole View Post
so how will they keep water away from the SD card, & out of the USB port ?

I am having trouble grasping how any such device can survive being dropped into a bath of hot soapy water.

I bet the lawyers dilute the small print down to something like - ok to read in light showers

or maybe they'll remake the old levi 501 laundrette ads, & the guy can add his kobo to the wash, along with his jeans

cue: "..heard it through the grapevine...."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56M5OZS1A8
There's a manufacturer in the US, who waterproofs more or less all kinds of gadgets:
http://waterfi.com/waterproof-kindle
It's nothing new, can be done for quite a few years already. And it definitely works!
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