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Topic: The CRASH!
The new items published under this topic are as follows.


The CRASH! AVEmania had a choice: his camera or his life.
Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, March 16, 2006 (5154 Reads)
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This has to be o­ne of the most destructive crashes we've ever seen. Tenitsu's P901iS has been absolutely obliterated.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, March 02, 2006 (3445 Reads)
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This week, Massu puts his W-ZERO3 down in the wrong place.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, February 23, 2006 (2892 Reads)
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If you're going to put something o­n your bike, make sure it's secure.

Posted by zmcnulty on Monday, February 20, 2006 (2897 Reads)
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This week's Crash involves a phone getting dunked in some post-snow puddles.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, February 09, 2006 (2360 Reads)
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The CRASH! While at the dentist, Takarin's W-ZERO3 had a skirmish with the examination chair. The W-ZERO3 lost.
Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, February 02, 2006 (5731 Reads)
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Four days and two soggy phones later, Taku is having some problems.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, January 26, 2006 (2478 Reads)
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Not every edition of "The Crash" ends in tears. This week, Mr. Stray Cat Food scores himself a free laptop.

Posted by zmcnulty on Friday, January 20, 2006 (2668 Reads)
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Should you give your mobile phone to your kindergarten-aged children and expect it back in o­ne piece?

Posted by sar7501 on Thursday, January 12, 2006 (2330 Reads)
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It's heartbreaking when a treasured item is absolutely destroyed. But when o­nly the beautiful LCD is cracked? It's atrocious.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, January 05, 2006 (3555 Reads)
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A back pocket isn't a good place for a mobile phone, regardless of how much you actually weigh.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, December 15, 2005 (1847 Reads)
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"I realized that my head was heavy enough to break the LCD of my mobile phone."

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, December 01, 2005 (1944 Reads)
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The CRASH! Tip: Don't leave your phone in the middle of a street.
Posted by zmcnulty on Friday, November 18, 2005 (2073 Reads)
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Phone, floor, 3 year old daughter. You already know what this edition of "The Crash" is about.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, November 10, 2005 (2213 Reads)
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Camera lens mysteriously disappeared?

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, October 27, 2005 (1933 Reads)
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Nikkun of Tokyo is all about breaking components in the same day he buys them...

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, October 20, 2005 (2055 Reads)
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Siemens M55 can't even take a tumble. To a marble floor.

Posted by zmcnulty on Saturday, October 15, 2005 (1570 Reads)
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So here's what happens when you sit o­n your PDA.

Posted by zmcnulty on Friday, October 07, 2005 (1882 Reads)
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Hey, wait a minute, I thought these things were supposed to be close to invincible! Didn't ArsTechnica do some sort of abuse test?

Nevertheless, this week's Crash is o­ne of most talked-about gadgets of late: the iPod nano

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, September 29, 2005 (2530 Reads)
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Dropping your phone is o­ne thing, but slipping o­n it when you go to pick it up? Sounds like a Pee Wee movie.

Posted by zmcnulty on Friday, September 23, 2005 (1904 Reads)
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Knick-knack patty-whack, give a dog a...phone?

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, September 15, 2005 (1885 Reads)
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Hold o­n to your books when running, or better yet, your PDA.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, September 01, 2005 (1839 Reads)
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Japanese trains wait for no man.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, August 18, 2005 (1873 Reads)
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Anything can happen when you're wasted.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, July 28, 2005 (1930 Reads)
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They build those iPod minis pretty tough ...

Posted by sar7501 on Friday, July 22, 2005 (2900 Reads)
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After his daughter is the victim of a vicious Hello Kitty attack, he dropped his camera at the theme park. It can happen to all of us.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, July 14, 2005 (1782 Reads)
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Three items lost in a tragic moving accident. Such a shame.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, July 07, 2005 (1852 Reads)
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When will people learn not to keep their expensive electronic gadgets in their shirt pockets?

Posted by sar7501 on Thursday, June 30, 2005 (1909 Reads)
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Electronic dictionaries are not cheap, unfortunately for many Japanese students who require them.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, June 23, 2005 (2090 Reads)
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The CRASH! is back after much delay.This week, "inter" of Kagoshima drops his au W21T in the road.

Posted by zmcnulty on Friday, June 17, 2005 (1780 Reads)
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"Be careful when climbing stairs."

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, March 31, 2005 (2447 Reads)
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Lesson learned: DO NOT turn o­n your heater while your cell phone is still sitting o­n it.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, March 17, 2005 (2219 Reads)
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It was only a matter of time. Sony fans might want to look away...

Posted by sar7501 on Thursday, March 10, 2005 (4067 Reads)
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When are people going to learn to not put their phones in their shirt pockets?

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, March 03, 2005 (2324 Reads)
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Once again, we have a protective case failing to perform its o­nly duty -- protect!

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, February 24, 2005 (2522 Reads)
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Protective cases don't always do their jobs, as this week's contributor found out while skiing with his digital camera.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, February 17, 2005 (2552 Reads)
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Another bed-related accident this week, as Jun from Kanagawa apparently crunched his phone as he woke up in the morning. What a way to start the day.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, February 10, 2005 (2303 Reads)
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Phones aren't made to have beds dropped o­n them.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, February 03, 2005 (3054 Reads)
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Lesson learned: don't leave your phone in your pants pocket while changing.

Easier than that, actually: don't step o­n your pants while changing.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, January 27, 2005 (2178 Reads)
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Traffic accidents often lead to broken lives, bones, windshields...and even gadgets.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, January 20, 2005 (2781 Reads)
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Another iPod gets a broken screen. Then why does it cost 28,100 yen to repair it?

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, January 13, 2005 (2763 Reads)
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The CRASH! is back in full force after a short vacation, and this edition hits almost too close to home: a Zaurus SL-C860 fell out of the contributor's pocket after he stood up from the Porcelain God.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, January 06, 2005 (2298 Reads)
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Another o­ne bites the dust. Bitten by a dog, that is.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, November 25, 2004 (2319 Reads)
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This is what can happen if you leave things on the floor and don't turn on the light before you enter the room...

Posted by sar7501 on Friday, November 19, 2004 (2419 Reads)
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In a word, this guy obliterated his MiniDisc player.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, November 11, 2004 (2712 Reads)
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Here's a DDI Pocket phone being stepped o­n. This should give the contributor a good excuse to upgrade from DDI Pocket's PHS service. It's just so...1992.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, November 04, 2004 (2103 Reads)
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This bicyclist got hit by a car, and his phone got caught between him and the ground. Ouch.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, October 28, 2004 (2168 Reads)
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iPod + Car = 0 songs in your pocket ...

Posted by sar7501 on Thursday, October 21, 2004 (2692 Reads)
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Be nice to your dogs...

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, October 14, 2004 (2156 Reads)
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iHP-140: 0
Being wasted: 1

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, October 07, 2004 (2693 Reads)
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Want to know what happens to a phone when it gets runover by no less than three cars?

It still works.

Gripping story inside.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, September 30, 2004 (2007 Reads)
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These stories about how products get broken are often captivating. It's refreshing to hear about actual events sometimes, instead of just reporting o­n new technology.
More usefully, though, some of these situations will alert us of the danger posed to gadgets in certain situations. By reading "THE CRASH!", you could potentially be saving some of your gadgets!

This week we hear from Mr. Gatsuo in Tokyo, whose 2 year old daughter drops his phone o­n the asphalt. Ouch.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, September 16, 2004 (2166 Reads)
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It's a shame to see such a beautiful piece of equipment be ruined. Perhaps even worse is how the guy is just going to pitch it! Seriously, he could at least donate the working parts to science or something. I'm sure the LCD is worth a couple bucks to someone.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, September 09, 2004 (2447 Reads)
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As far as I can tell, Canon's WordTank line is the most popular Japanese/English dictionaries used by people of my generation.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, September 02, 2004 (2012 Reads)
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This week's THE CRASH features some poor bastard who dropped his brand spankin' new PowerBook G4 within 12 hours of purchasing it. Sucks.

Posted by zmcnulty on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 (2155 Reads)
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THE CRASH! is a feature offered o­n Keitai Watch o­n a weekly basis, where users who have somehow destroyed their phones send in pictures along with short descriptions of how it happened. I'll also be taking some literary license with this, so let me know if you like my writing style.
I just thought I'd give it a shot; tell me what you think.

This week Sakaguchi from Osaka submits images of his broken DoCoMo N900iS.

Posted by zmcnulty on Thursday, August 19, 2004 (3083 Reads)
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