mitip Wrote: > How wonderfully amusing all these replies! Yet it is a fundament of > design to make an object to LOOK appropriate for its job i.e. a sports > car look fast, a couch look comfortable, a static object looks static > and a portable object portable etc (unless of course you do the > opposite intentionally for effect). I merely comment that the SB3 LOOKS > more portable than say an SB2 and in many ways similar to an iPod which > is portable (intended as as a compliment). This is borne out by the > fact that I carried mine about. I like the design, and yes it is very > robust despite my experiences. But on the other hand cell phones have > to pass a standard drop test which is onto one corner from about 4 feet > onto concrete.
I'm sorry, but this is silly. There's a difference between "moveable" and "portable". A cellphone is portable, it's DESIGNED to be moved around, it has batteries and requires no connections. Likewise an iPod, or a walkman, or a camera. These devices, of course, are designed to be resiliant to the usual kind of abuse they get being carted around in people's pockets (although whether you're going to get much joy from the warranty if you break it is another story). On the other hand, many devices, whilst small enough to be moveable are not designed to be operated while in motion or moved frequently or carelessly. Examples - a small TV, a regular corded telephone, a clock radio, a blender. These items's don't have batteries, do require cables to be connected and do not pass drop tests. The SB3, whatever you feel it may look like, fits into the latter category. The fact that it happens to share a couple of design elements with an iPod (curves? shiny plastic front?) doesn't change that. > As to buying more SB3s I did suggest it to my wife and guess what she > said? Buy an iPod! If you want something portable, that's excellent advice. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23509 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
