Palm Introduces New m500 Series Cases

How about a little perspective. I have used my Rhino Aluminum hardcase for the Vx for two years now. At the time of its purchase, Palm's idea of a "hard case" meant plastic, not metal.

I appreciated Rhinoskin's craftsmanship the day I dropped my Vx in a cement fire stairwell. It fell down about 15 steps and was none the worse for wear.

THAT is the reason I bought the case.

Why don't the two of you wait until you can use the new Palm case... so you can rip on that one too.

>>"Why don't the two of you wait until you can use the new Palm case... so you can rip on that one too."<<

Who's ripping whom/what here?

Those two posts refer to things other than durability. I think it's perfectly acceptable for you to like Rhinoskin's case because it's durable, but it's also acceptable for someone to dislike it because of detail issues. You're just pissed because they don't like the case that you own. Get over it.

My Rhinoskin Alumimun molded is brand new. What sharp edges? Not on mine. Hope your not to badly wounded.

My boss has the Titanium case and it's way cool. I think I could drive my Ford Exploder over it, but I'd hate to hurt the tires.

Damb, some sensitive Rhinoskin'ers.

Some of you idiots must have permanent PMS.

Can't people have different opinions from you?
Obviously, half the people that frequent this board belong to the MY OPINION IS THE ONLY OPINION school of thought.

The original poster was making a comment about the sharp edges, which has been commented about by many reviewers. If you have callous-thick hands and like to rub your fingers on razor blades, then fine. But the original poster is entitled to his/her opinion.

You people who always cry about WHINERS are the true whiners. Your self-righteousness and smugness displays your little minds and thoughts. I bet most of these people are nasty racists as well.

> At least I'm not racist against idiots w/ permanent PMS.

Are you a moron? What race does someone with PMS belong to? You are a brilliant example of edu-ma-cation.

Here's a lesson school boy: since women have PMS then you mean a misognyist. Go look that up in your super-duper multimedia encyclopedia... uber dictionary whatever.

Are you racist against Morons also?

I just wanted to agree about Rhinoskin cases. I bought one and returned it right away. Although the size was nice and the fact it was aluminum, the edges were very sharp and the closing mechanism was really cheap/badly designed. Every time I tried to open the case, the sharp tab scraped my stylus. And it was hard to open and close because of the bad design. I loved the look, size, and protection of the metal, but it's a shame they didn't take time on the details.

Innopocket's great, and it's less expensive than the Palm version (especially if you order from Brando!) and it comes in several colors. Way cool.

This new case though looks very Apple Powerbook/iPod, n'est pas? I like it!

I was ready to lay down the big bucks for a rhinoskin titanium case when I came accross an aluminum case for my Vx by Ibiz at CompUSA. It was $9.99. I couldn't pass it up. I've used it for several months and it works terrific, well protects the palm, and I could replace it 10 times for the price of a titanium case.

My $9.99 case is solid aluminum (no plastic), padded on the inside, and solidly closes. When shopping for a case, I looked at and handled at least a dozen cases costing $40 to $130 and this case is as solid and protective (and in some cases more so) than any I looked at (with the exception of the titanium cases). It includes a business card holder. I had the Palm "hard case" with my palm V previously and it was not nearly as solid as this $10 case. That Palm was crushed in a unique situation in that case. This case would probably have withstood that accident. I have dropped my palm Vx twice in the case from about 3-4 feet in height to solid floors with no problems and am confident it would survive much tougher falls.

The case looks good. I want some thing thinner than my leather one. As for get scratches, it is anodized aluminum, so it is very hard. The auto companies use anodized aluminum in automatic transmissions that last for a 100,000 miles, so I think a Palm case will be able to avoid scratches.
Just My 2 cents.

Speed

Your back pocket????? You SIT on a palm?!?!? Yeah- good luck finding a case that you can SIT on without crushing your palm, and that isn't bigger than a wallet.

I sit on my Molded aluminum rhinoskin all the time. but im 160 lbs and i your weight is a factor or course.

i love my rhinoskin, ive had the Vx hardcase from palm before,,,i only like the size.

there is a place for SD cards in the back where there is a "buisness card" plastic flap just like on the hard case from Franklin Covey