parh8er

I am waiting on my AXIM to arrive, and I was just wondering if anyone has dropped their AXIM by accident. What happened? Is it pretty sturdy?

The reason I am asking is because I own a Palm and I have dropped it quite a few times (about 20 times), and thank God nothing has ever happened to it.

Thanks for your input.

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Originally posted by parh8er Has anyone dropped their AXIM by accident?????

Would anyone drop their Axim deliberately?

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cageyjames

I'm thinking that if you drop an Axim, you are buying a new one. No way this thing survives a drop onto a hard surface.

TSB8C

I haven't dropped it yet...

oops!

Jinxed it.

wroe

I was doing some work on a 6 ft ladder. I was about 4 feet off the ground. My Axim, in it's EB case, slipped off my belt and took a header to the concrete below. Landed on the lower edge of the unit. I became a little light headed at that point.

No damage, no problem....yet.

chusted

Yes I dropped mine running to the phone. It fell about 2-feet onto my vinyle kitchen floor. I almost had a heart attack but when I picked it up and looked it over not a mark was on it ! It also fell screen down and I was just sure it was damaged. I feel lucky nothing happened but It also appears they can take some impact with little or no damage at all!

One Lucke Dude!

muindoe

3 feet high
no damage
works perfeite:D

enob

Talk about luck

I dropped my twice so far and no apparent damage

Derek

Dropped mine from a height of about four feet on to hard wood flooring....NO problems!

pecos

Am Sorry,I aint gonna drop mine - I don't want - not even a scratch. My first pda(cassiopedia) lasted me one month,
my second (palm IIIc* my favourite) lasted me one year,
and this my Axim must last me much longer than the previous two.
life is really hard without a pda

Racer X

After reading this thread and as an experiment I dropped mine onto my kitchen floor to see how it would do...nah, just kidding. Seriously, I dropped mine from about 4 feet while it was in its Dell leather case and it was fine.

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FSC Nitro

I dropped mine from about 5feet high, right onto a tile floor and aside from giving me a heart attack, it was fine :)

I did have to reset it though, the battery freaked out and thought it was almost dead. It's been fine ever since.

red-i

I'd assume the worst case would be for it to fall (without case) and hit on a corner where the impact could break the screen. So far I havne't dropped mine yet (knock on wood). Once I receive my sena case I'll feel a bit safer though!

avs

No and I hope I don't. I did drop my Palm vx though, that's why I own an Ax now. The Palm was in a hardcase. It had knocked around the car a couple of times with no problems. I think it is just that right hit that will wax any unit.

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BxBoy

I almost dropped mine, fortunately I caught it half way with my hand. It was just above waist-length on the subway.

lol, I just that that it was funny to see this in the 'Tips and Tricks' section, as if accidentally dropping your Axim was a tip to make it faster/better! hehe.. ;)

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