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Old 03-12-2010, 10:50 AM   #12061
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My Kindle was once dropped on cement so hard that the back came partially off, and another time it slipped out of my hands and when I tried to catch it, I instead sent it sprawling across an asphalt parking lot about 15-20 feet. The first time it suffered no permanent damage, the second time it survived with minor scratches.

This morning it slid off my lap and gently hit the floor and died! I have committed Kindlesaughter!

I just placed a next day order to Amazon for a new one.

If they come out next week with a touchscreen K3, I'm killing somebody!

I hate it when that happens!

Very sorry man!

I dropped my Sony 505 -- no breakage (other than a minor dent in the aluminum edge -- but it wouldn't come back on. I was sure it was a gonner, but I plugged it in and charged it thoroughly and it recovered.

Hope you get the new one soon!
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Old 03-12-2010, 10:52 AM   #12062
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What do we learn from this experience? If your reader is about to fall down, make sure it crashes down hard (and preferably in a spectacular fashion). Gentle handling will break the screen every time. You have to be cruel to be kind.

Is Kindleslaughter a crime? What about Kindlecide? Was it a crime of passion?
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Old 03-12-2010, 10:52 AM   #12063
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All is as it was before. Many such journeys are possible.

(Star Trek, "The City on the Edge of Forever")
Oh WOW! That is my all time favorite Star Trek Episode!

Written by Harlan Ellison BTW.
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Old 03-12-2010, 10:54 AM   #12064
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I'm thinking this would be a good time to perform an autopsy. Always wondered what's on the inside of these buggers.
Well you might consider selling it for parts on ebay.
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:07 AM   #12065
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I hate it when that happens!

Very sorry man!

I dropped my Sony 505 -- no breakage (other than a minor dent in the aluminum edge -- but it wouldn't come back on. I was sure it was a gonner, but I plugged it in and charged it thoroughly and it recovered.

Hope you get the new one soon!
I've charging it now via the wall socket. I'm afraid to plug it into my USB port for fear something in it may have shorted out, and I don't want to take a chance on damaging my PC. Burning the house down, on the other hand, isn't that big a deal.
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:08 AM   #12066
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My Kindle was once dropped on cement so hard that the back came partially off, and another time it slipped out of my hands and when I tried to catch it, I instead sent it sprawling across an asphalt parking lot about 15-20 feet. The first time it suffered no permanent damage, the second time it survived with minor scratches.

This morning it slid off my lap and gently hit the floor and died! I have committed Kindlesaughter!

I just placed a next day order to Amazon for a new one.

If they come out next week with a touchscreen K3, I'm killing somebody!

hey, just a thought - what book were you reading at the time (perhaps it was a heavier work than the previous dropping occasions)....
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:08 AM   #12067
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I've charging it now via the wall socket. I'm afraid to plug it into my USB port for fear something in it may have shorted out, and I don't want to take a chance on damaging my PC. Burning the house down, on the other hand, isn't that big a deal.
As long as you can get the PC out.
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You've started something ! now ..... Before Christmas could be .... tomorrow

The ink has barely dried on the new production Amazon Kindle 2 e-readers and now there's a hot rumor surfacing about the Kindle 3. Among the speculation is one interesting suggestion: The Kindle version 3 may actually arrive on the shelves before Christmas. http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-...-better-course
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:20 AM   #12069
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hey, just a thought - what book were you reading at the time (perhaps it was a heavier work than the previous dropping occasions)....
Shhh! Don't tell the fundamentalists, but it was Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species!

A punishment from God?

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As long as you can get the PC out.
At least I've got my priorities straight!

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You've started something ! now ..... Before Christmas could be .... tomorrow

The ink has barely dried on the new production Amazon Kindle 2 e-readers and now there's a hot rumor surfacing about the Kindle 3. Among the speculation is one interesting suggestion: The Kindle version 3 may actually arrive on the shelves before Christmas. http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-...-better-course
Have you noticed the date of that article? Fri Feb 27, 2009.

Did we miss it?
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:44 AM   #12070
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we did ! - how fascinating was that - now onto the Kindle 4 ....
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That was a year ago, but it predicted the K Int launch nicely...
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... I dropped my Sony 505 -- no breakage (other than a minor dent in the aluminum edge -- but it wouldn't come back on. I was sure it was a gonner, but I plugged it in and charged it thoroughly and it recovered. ...
Just got the green light! I now have a fully charged broken Kindle!
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:58 AM   #12075
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Just got the green light! I now have a fully charged broken Kindle!



At least the battery and charging circuitry is good.
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