I done done it today. Picked up my Treo 600 too quickly, lost my grip, and dropped it. Now I see the blue screen of death, and it’s not even on a product running a Microsoft operating system. Luckily for me, my carrier (T-mobile) has a handset replacement program. They’re shipping me another handset, I’ll swao the card out of my existing one, and then send back the busted one. They’ll charge me to repair the screen (dropping things generally doesn’t count as part of the warranty), and we’ll all be happy. I should be able to sync the new device up with my old data and not lose any information or programs.

Odd to realize how dependent I am on this thing: I can’t dial out, ’cause I can’t see if I’m in phone mode. I can’t check my email on it, can’t look up contact information, can’t check the various reference URLs and login information I have stored for the various dev environments I work in, … Definitely feeling some pain here. Time to invest in a metal cushioned case for my geektoy.