When gadgets die

Murphy’s First Law of Handheld Electronics: The price of an item is directly proportionate to its vulnerability to destruction during a wayward trip to the pavement.

Treo 650 smashed

Corollary: A gadget’s vulnerability to floor drops is directly proportionate to the device’s propensity to commit suicide with such a drop, all on its own.

No, that’s not mine. It belongs to some other poor soul. If it were mine, I wouldn’t be so… calm.

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