Omnia Passes Unplanned Durability Test

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I couldn't believe it, and I was yelling at everyone. It was Sunday morning, and I had left my Omnia on the back of my daughter's car to obtain a GPS fix before my morning run (I have GPS Trainer Pro installed - a nifty little program that monitors your running and other stuff). I had then gone back into the house to...ah...work on the crossword in the bathroom for a few minutes.

You can guess what happened next. When I finished, I discovered the car was gone from the driveway. Unbeknownst to me, my daughter was meeting a friend at a neighorhood coffee shop that morning for a visit. My wife called her, but my daughter hadn't seen the phone when she left and didn't know where it was. So I jumped into my own car and started to trace her route.

There it was in a busy intersection about 2 miles from the house, face up in the middle of a lane of oncoming traffic. I was in the left turn lane waiting for the signal, and sat there helplessly as I watched a car run directly over it. I figured it was toast. How many cars had it been?

I made my turn, parked, then ran out and retrieved it. To my astonishment, there wasn't a scratch on it. I had put a silicone skin on the body, so that did offer some protection. And because it was face up, the pavement hadn't marred the screen. S2U2 came up as I punched the button. Everything seemed to be working just fine.

I had dodged a bullet. I began to wonder if it had actually been run over, but when I went to plug in the charger - the plug wouldn't fit. I had to pry the port open a wee bit. The only other issue I've come across was the screen alignment had shifted up a millimeter or so, but that was adjusted back without a hitch. No other issues have come to light.

All I can say is this is one tough little phone.