Lawsuit Alleges That Palms Damage Motherboards

schussat writes: "This brief AP article describes a lawsuit that alleges that syncing a Palm Pilot "damages or destroys the motherboards on certain PC brands." Does anyone know more or have experience with this? Is it even possible to cause damage? The article is not very detailed."

Comments

Re:They've got to be kidding

[Shanep]

this sounds too much like the people who try to get warranty replacements of their computers when their cats piddle on it. ;-)

I knew someone who tried to have thier answering machine replaced under warantee after one of thier many cats vomited on it. ;)

Their computers probably just broke down and they're hoping Palm will settle out of court and give them new ones just to get them to shut up.

Exactly, just like these people that put a mouse head into a bag of frozen peas and then try to extort a years supply of frozen peas, etc.

Scumbags. Or perhaps, they're just the type of people who first tried to use thier mouse as some foot peddle device to "make it go" (and then after accidentaly killing it, put it into a bag of frozen... Nah they could'nt be that dumb, could they?).

Re:Have at you!

[hendric]

But this is RS-232 serial. RS-232's SPECIFICATION states that any design using RS-232 must support any pin being shorted to any other pin, +5 to -5V, without damage. Sounds like your motherboard manufacturer is to blame, not Palm.

http://www-s.ti.com/sc/psheets/slla037/slla037.p df

Also, look at a serial connector. The ONLY signals coming out of it are communication signals and a ground signal. No power signals. Nada. Zippo.

So electrically, there is no way slamming a Palm into your cradle in any way, shape, or form can cause the motherboard to prematurely terminate.