[bookport] Re: Executive Decision!
- From: Keith Watson <Kwatson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:01:00 -0500
There ya go. Actually last night I did not give you "The rest of
the story".
Two of the 3 times that I had it fall off my pants
were in a stall in the restroom. I gotta tell you it almost
drown, if not for the ear buds around my neck that just happened
to jerk it in the right direction it would have. And when it hit
the floor guess what happened. The batteries went one way, the
battery cover went another and I was really pissed (no pun
intended) about having to crawl around on the floor looking for
them. As it was the battery cover wound up across the room and
thank god a set of eyes came in and I could get assistance. As it
was this last fall damaged the case and I now have to see about
getting it epoxied or something.
I am stealing the design and part of the case from a Motorola
flip phone case. The belt clip in the case is beautiful and
detachable, sort of. It detaches from the clip but there is a
little button type thing that slides on and off the belt portion.
I hear that Kentucky is horse country. There aught to be quite
a few leather shops around that would be willing to make a case
of this type for APH. Hell and they could even tack on another 20
- 40 bucks per unit, although at 400 bucks a decent method of
protecting our investment would be a welcome addition.
So now that I have sterilised my hands, my unit and my pride, as
well as vented thoroughly I feel much better! Thanks for the ear.
Keith
On 09:26 AM, Jacques Bosch wrote:
>
> With my Roadrunner, I had the problem of it falling off my belt sometimes
> when doing
> something slightly out of the ordinary, and that was obviously not a good
> thing. So I decided I needed a backup plan before it broke. I had a old cell
> phone pouch that had one of those cords with a pull-back clasp that was
> attached to the pouch via a small metal loop. And this again was attached to
> another little metal plate about 1.5cm by 2cm that was sewn into the pouch.
> So I pulled it out and epoxied it to the RR right above the belt clip and
> attached the back end of the cord to the metal loop, leaving the clasp on
> the other end free to attach to one of my belt loops, or straight onto my
> pants. My RR has been save
> more times than I can remember in the last two years, since when it comes
> off my belt, it is caught by the cord. With out that, my RR would have been
> dead and buried long ago. <grin>
>
> Hope that is of help to somebody.
>
> Jacques
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:11 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Executive Decision!
>
>
> >I agree that the belt clip can be a problem, especially when taking notes
> >or
> > doing searches but I've never had the unit fall off my belt when using it.
> > I believe APH is considering a removable belt clip on future units and I
> > would certainly be in favor of that. Lou
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Keith Watson" <Kwatson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 8:43 PM
> > Subject: [bookport] Executive Decision!
> >
> >
> >> Ok, After the third time I have had the unit fall off my belt I
> >> have made an executive decision. I am taking my bp to the machine
> >> shop tomorrow and having the POS belt clip removed! And then I am
> >> taking it to a leather worker that I know and having a case made
> >> for it. Actually I am stealing a clip off of an old Motorola cell
> >> phone case and having him make me one. At a cost of $400 I can
> >> not afford to have a cheap assed belt clip cost me my unit. If
> >> there were one area that needs to be addressed it is this one.
> >> for me I am solving it myself, but how many users out there do
> >> not have the access to a machine shop or leather workers that can
> >> solve an inherent design flaw. So far this is my one and only
> >> complaint about the unit. for all of us I would ask that APH
> >> takes a look at this.
> >>
> >> Keith
> >> --
> >> Keith Watson
> >> kwatson@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> Among the major impediments to discovery are not the ignorant
> >> but those with illusions of knowledge. - B. Alan Wallace
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
--
Keith Watson
kwatson@xxxxxxxxxxx
Among the major impediments to discovery are not the ignorant
but those with illusions of knowledge. - B. Alan Wallace
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