Prius runs over N800. N800 still works.

I was looking at my N800 the other day and considered that I've had it for over 7 months now. I wiped down the fingerprints off the screen and realized that there was not a single ding, scratch, scuff, or crack in it. Think of how much I use my N800: easily 3-4x as much as a "normal consumers" would.

I thought about writing more on the topic but couldn't think of how to make a full article from it. Thank my readers for dropping it in my comments at just the right time:

Has anyone ever noticed how solid the N800 is? Unfortunately, a car just drove over mine a couple of days ago, and the LCD screen broke in two places. The touch-screen still works, as well as all the hardware, and except for the two black lines on the LCD, there is no other visible damage, and the software works like a charm, just like the wifi, buth sd, audio bluetooth, charging and usb.
I would imagine that if it fell with the screen downwards, nothing would have happened.

I guess I should mention that it was a pretty light car (by American standards anyway), the Toyota Prius.

That's from reader Razvan in a comment on this post. If anyone knows where to buy a replacement LCD module by itself or has another broken N800 with a good LCD, give him a shout. Though a Prius has 700 pounds or so more than my Yaris, I won't be driving over the N800 any time soon.

*edit* My good friend Steve (aka Chippy) of UMPCPortal talks with me quite often about UMPCs and the N800. Of course, he reminds me of the time he dropped his N800 from 5cm and it required a costly screen replacement. Naturally your mileage may vary. Take good care to not put pressure on the screen or subject the device to any bending or twisting.

Image credit: crushed cars from a tornado courtesy NOAA