Good Evening, My name is John and I own a restaurant equipment service company servicing restaurants such as Burger King, McDonalds, and many others in New Orleans Louisiana. For years we have tried to come up with a system of eliminating paperwork yet maintaining accountability for our service techs in the field. The blackberry was our saving grace but in the harsh environment that we work in, we were constantly bringing our BB's in to Nextel to be repaired.
We have tried numerous pouches, cases, and protectors all failing to protect the phones. When I came across this case and the features that it offered I hoped for the best. I emailed Amy at Speck and explained to her what we were looking for and asked if we could test the case. She sent me over two full cases, one clear and one black.
I am posting my initial thoughts on the cases tonight and will send them into the field with two of my techs beginning tomorrow. After one week of usage I will post again with our final review. If they can live thru our environment, they can live thru anything.
Initial Thoughts:
After opening both and comparing them, I would choose black over the clear just in the general appearance category. My only wish is that speck will make a black cradle and a keyboard cover that is black in the rear that way everything will match together. Don't get me wrong, the clear one also looks good but the black just gives that iron man look.
The Toughskins case fits like no other case that I have seen before. You slide your BB in thru the keypad opening and snug fit the remaining portion. I then installed the screen protector and the keypad protector.
The screen protector fits securely in place and is held in place by four small tabs molded in to the corners of the clear screen that lock into the rubber case. I had a very very small gap on both cases at the top but I figured with usage it will probably stretch closed. It may be just my imagination but the screen actually looks clearer with the screen protector on.
The keypad protector slides on from the bottom and keeps itself in place with by locking into the treads on the side of the rubber case. I thought for sure the keypad protect was never going to make it on to the case, it seemed to thick to type thru. I went to my memo pad just to type a few things and to my surprise it works well when typing with two hands. Hopefully, this will eliminate one of the biggest problems we are now experiencing, stuck buttons due to greasy hands trying to type.
In my opinion I think the cradle needs a full cup instead of the half cup that it is. I am afraid that my techs will get it caught on items and if the phone is pried hard enough, it will come out of its cradles. I am actually pulling it out the incorrect way by force just to see what it can do. I will know more one it comes back from the field test.
That’s all for tonight, I will be posting a conclusion to my review next Friday. This will give both cases a full week in the field for testing. I again would like to thank Amy at speckproducts.com for sending us out these cases so quickly.
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