Gizmodo: durability

iPod Classic Survives Deep Freeze in the Yukon

Dan Nosowitz — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:10:34 EDT

In the melting ice, amidst the thawing dog crap, Whitehorse, Yukon resident Andrew noticed an oddly-familiar rectangular item: An iPod classic. He brought it home and found, to his surprise, that it was fully functional.

Frozen in the "bottom layer" of ice (Christ, how many layers do you think there are?) since, he estimates, early winter, the iPod was frozen solid and not in the best of shape. But after a few minutes of charging, the iPod booted right up and even displayed the correct date, proving once and for all that the iPod classic is to date the only Yukon-approved PMP on the market. [Robulack via TUAW]

Guy Runs over Samsung YP-K5 with Car, Declared Mentally Unstable

Travis Hudson — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:13:47 EDT

Seriously, who does that? There are starving kids all across the world dying for an all-in-one mini boombox digital audio player and this jerk-off is running them over with his car. The YP-K5 survived the test, which says something about its durability, but that's not the point. Don't run over expensive and pretty electronics, it hurts us all in the wee-wee. – Travis Hudson

[Via dapreview]

I O Data External HDD: Able to Withstand Nuclear Attack, Hulk Smash

Travis Hudson — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:08:30 EDT

The is latest line of external hard drives from I O Data. These drives are built for durability. They even comply with Department of Defense standards. The drives can resist up to 220 pounds of pressure. Sure, they may prevent Hulk from smashing your drive—rendering your hentai collection useless—but who is to say he won't just delete all of the files? I guess the DoD doesn't have any kind of file security standards, just durability standards.

This drive is available in 40GB, 80GB and 120GB capacities in a stylish black or silver—to match the nuclear football, of course. – Travis Hudson

USB HDDs Withstand Pressure, Meet DoD Req. [Everything USB]