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                                 To quote one of my all time heros, Homer Simpson from The Simpsons Sings Blues "I rather have bad luck than no luck at all."
 Why, you ask, simply I answer, I never had any luck with technology for one reason or another.  I bought aq fantastic MP3, a Creative Zen M 60GB about 3 years ago and it was fantastic until it was stolen from work.
 
 I couldn't use a locker because about 96% of lockers were broken and the rrest were being used, so I had to put it in my jacket pock7et.  I think I know who did it but without proof........
 
 Anyway, I bought another one for the same price, about £250 and this one I hid in my rugsack everytime I got to work.  And tom make sure the screen and the rest of it didn't get scratched and to protected it from being dropped, I put a screen protector and a silicone cover on it.
 
 I had about 1,000 songs on it and about 70 albums on it.
 
 Well, yesterday, as I was trying to leave work, it decided to do a fantastic impression of a lemming jumping off a cliff and committing sucide by jumping of the Information Desk onto the concret floor.
   
 I think I flooded the entire Wolverhampton area with tears, though luckily my phone had a MP3 on it and some music.
 
 Well today, I had to buy a new MP3 player and it's an I-Pod Touch and hopefully this will last longer than any bit of technology I have.
 
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                                  | quote: |  | | Originally posted by amyltrer Oh, Met, I'm sorry for you MP3 pal! I'd freak out if somebody steals mine! I dependent of my favvie songs!
 
 You could load some of your music on the phone! The battery won't last too long and 2 GB is not enough but it's better than nothing!
 
 I hope the new one will have a better fate! You could get a belt case to keep it secure!
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 It's a bit ironic that on the day that my Zen MP3 decided to do a quite good impression of a lemming that I had bought and recieved a Otterbox case for the phone, which should protect it from any impules of being smashed to smitherines.
 
 Yes I can and have put some music on my phone, but the problem is that it hasn't that much room on it for over 2000 songs and there's no way I will buy media cards and open the back of the phone, remove the battery and then swap media cards, put the battery and back of the phone back on everytime I want to listen to different types of music for different types of mood.
 
 This is why I bought the Zen in the first place, put all of my music on one item, so I can pic and choose without messing with phones, batteries and meida cards.
 
 For the phone is only a back up, in case any MP3 players decide to commit sucide, which one did.
 
 I am now off to buy a very tough case for the iPod and before it does an impression of a lemming.
 
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                                  | quote: |  | | Originally posted by SJ_SwanJun Ahhh the MP3 players and their suicidal tendencies.
 
 Met, I tell you that your iPod Touch will survive such nastiness.  I have had mine for about 12 months now, and it has survived Joshua, drops onto tiled flooring, submersion into a beer cooler and a really really wet day on the golf course.
 
 In fact, the iPod techs once told me when I was having problems with the original iPod video to drop it on the floor.  I asked him if he was joking and he told me to go ahead and do it -- So I did...  and I tell you, it started working perfectly!
 
 Strange, but ... *phew*
 
 Good luck and have heaps of fun with the touch.  I love mine and don't think I could survive without it on the bus!!
 
 The only weak part of it, that I've noticed, is the recharging cable.  The USB part of it has a tendency to lose its casing ... bugger ... but it snaps back together okay...
 
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 Submersion in a beer coller?  Why?  Was it thirsty or were ou trying to get beer in it.  If so, then do yoiu know you can get a ipint app?
 
 I am still having a Otterbox Defender case with it, just in case and therefore not taking any chances.
 
 I saw this review for the Otterbox case for the iPhone.  iPhone Otterbox case.  I have got a case for my mobile phone but I won't be testing it by throwing it out of any windows.........yet.
 
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