A dear old friend of mine has been using PDAs for years and kept encouraging me to recycle my old no-camera flip phone and upgrade. So he recently bought a new $300 Apple 3G and loaded all the apps,,,then dropped it from his lap to the floor. THE CASE CRACKED,,,AND THE BILL FROM APPLE WAS OVER $200 !! Don't be left out in the cold, if the Apple store does not sell you a G3 'rubber' to leave on and help prevent such common occurance damage, go out to the nearest gas station store and get your own $2 protective rubber covering/'rubber',,,pronto,,,