Originally posted by asdfzhao:
thumdrive uses flash memory drop aso nothing will happen 1...
ts' zen uses a hard drive, very fragile stuff... drop from any height and u can say bye bye to both the data and the player/drive

... different things....
its a common problem with hard drive players incl. i pod...
eh... does the i pod have the technology like the ibm laptops and the sony harddisk player? where the device detects if it is falling, and shift the needle away from the disks?
Dun think so, since they are making them real slim. Also, Apple would want to add that under their features list if they really invest in the technology.
But I have dropped my mini like 20 plus times. Its edges already dented (reason why i keep it instead of trade in at ishop, it doesn't worth much liao). But still works wonders, except the battery life is terrible now.
You really need luck on this, sometimes a harddisk-based device never spoils no matter how you treat it, sometimes it crack on its first drop. Pity the TS, how much is that player anyway? Charged 200 plus for repair
