Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:02 am

If you're really worried about scratches and screen cracking;

http://matias.ca/ipodarmor/

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/ivault/index.php

http://www.styluscentral.com/apmiipalcawi.html

and a number of others.

Note: They don't have models for the Nano yet but give them a few weeks and I'm sure they'll be out.

Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:03 pm

	Tiger wrote:
	1/10th of 1 percent? Geez, even with Apple's strong sales numbers, this is such a minute amount, yet all this hullaballoo on the Net about it makes it seem like a GM recall.

The sensationalist news services that most people pay attention to do that. This spring we got a Toyota Prius. At about that same time the news filled up with reports for a week or two about stalling problems in the Prius. We dug into it and found that it was just a handful of instances out on nearly 200,000 Priuses sold in the US. That's something like 1/100 of 1%, yet to read or watch the news you have thought that every other one was stalling and killing its occupants.

Wed Sep 28, 2005 8:23 pm

Tge one calling others names is making one of himself … instead of going to bed. Tomorrow is a school day, kiddo. Time to hit the sheets!

My nano has more scratches than my iPod photo, but then, I take it in and out of my pocket constantly, and it rubs against a lot more things because it is so much smaller … Tink I'm going to get a sleeve for it …

Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:02 pm

Let's see: people put a naked iPod Nano in their pockets with keys, change, pocketknives, and the like--and they're surprised that it gets scratched? The case is PLASTIC, ferchrissakes. Move sharp metal objects against plastic and the plastic will probably get scratched. Heck, the paint on my car behind the door handle is scratched from FINGERNAILS. Would you carry an iBook loose in a backpack?

OTOH, my 3G iPod is nearly scratch-free because it stays in a Vaja iVolution case all the time. (The case has an opening for the sync cable.)

As for screens being scratched: folks, the PDA users have been facing that for years. We use little thingies called "screen protectors." You can get the same sort of clear (nearly invisible when applied) protector for the iPod Nano.

I wonder how many of the cracked/broken screens resulted from people sitting on the iPod Nano or with the Nano in a tight front pocket? The iPod and Mini were probably too thick to carry in a back pocket and would certainly be less susceptible to bending than the much thinner Nano.

FWIW, you can get pants that have pockets that are perfect for iPods, etc. They carry the devices lower on your thigh, rather than up near where your body bends when you sit down.

Try this: open up your iBook or PowerBook (or other laptop). Set it down on the top case, i.e., with the display facing up, rather than back. Now, sit your butt squarely on the screen. Did it crack (the screen, not your butt)? If it did, SUE THE MANUFACTURER!