Monday, January 13, 2003
Alas Poor XDA, I Knew Ye Well...
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 04:04 PM
I tell 'ya people, some days you just don't want to be a Pocket PC around me. :roll: For those keeping score, my first XDA was badly damaged when I dropped it on the floor of my dentist's office just before getting a root canal (insult before injury it would seem). I was going to Mobius 2002 the next week, so I sadly brought along my busted little buddy, and Beth Goza graciously let me it swap it in for a new one (all Mobius 2002 attendees received an XDA, among other things, for attending). I once again knew true joy in my life as I had a working XDA - and once it was upgraded to 128 MB of RAM by the gurus at PPC Techs, I had the perfect Pocket PC for my needs.
Yesterday, Ashley and I went over to my parent's house for a family brunch, and the XDA was in my front pocket. I usually wear loose-fitting jeans, so carrying Pocket PCs in my pocket is never difficult. I bent over to untie my shoes, and heard a slight "crunch". It didn't really register that a crunching sound coming from my pocket wasn't a good thing. Later on while eating brunch I heard my XDA chime, so being the dutiful Pocket PC owner I am, I took it out to look at what appointment it was reminding me of. This is while I was chewing my food, and when I look at the screen and saw this:
...I began to choke on my food while simultaneously thinking "This would be a great headline - 'Pocket PC User Dies From Shock of Seeing Cracked Screen'". I managed to recover without needing the heimlich maneuver, but my XDA is still badly cracked. I supposed the good news is that the LCD seems ok - the touch screen is the part that is badly cracked. The pieces were all kept intact by the superb PPC Techs screen protector.
So what is it with me and XDAs? I've never managed to destroy any other Pocket PC I've owned even once, but this, the crown jewel of my collection, gets maimed twice? I've emailed PPC Techs to see if they can repair it for me, and I'm hoping they can - I can't bear to be without my XDA (since it's now my cell phone as well on the Fido network, and I've cancelled my normal cell phone contract).
Yesterday, Ashley and I went over to my parent's house for a family brunch, and the XDA was in my front pocket. I usually wear loose-fitting jeans, so carrying Pocket PCs in my pocket is never difficult. I bent over to untie my shoes, and heard a slight "crunch". It didn't really register that a crunching sound coming from my pocket wasn't a good thing. Later on while eating brunch I heard my XDA chime, so being the dutiful Pocket PC owner I am, I took it out to look at what appointment it was reminding me of. This is while I was chewing my food, and when I look at the screen and saw this:
...I began to choke on my food while simultaneously thinking "This would be a great headline - 'Pocket PC User Dies From Shock of Seeing Cracked Screen'". I managed to recover without needing the heimlich maneuver, but my XDA is still badly cracked. I supposed the good news is that the LCD seems ok - the touch screen is the part that is badly cracked. The pieces were all kept intact by the superb PPC Techs screen protector.
So what is it with me and XDAs? I've never managed to destroy any other Pocket PC I've owned even once, but this, the crown jewel of my collection, gets maimed twice? I've emailed PPC Techs to see if they can repair it for me, and I'm hoping they can - I can't bear to be without my XDA (since it's now my cell phone as well on the Fido network, and I've cancelled my normal cell phone contract).
