Mark Crispin <mrc@Washington.EDU> wrote in
news:alpine.OSX.1.00.0801262303290.21314@pangtzu.p anda.com:

> I bricked two iPod Touch devices in one evening by doing nothing other
> than going through the initial setup with iTunes on a Macintosh
> including agreeing to let iTunes install the latest software.
>
> It was only after the second one (and an unnecessary 50 mile round
> trip to the store) that I thought of trying iTunes on a Windows
> system; and Windows unbricked it.
>
>

Probably the best review on the net. Thanks, Mark. I didn't know about
the capacitive screen, but wondered why they didn't include a stylus like
the N800. This post was very educational. I've stolen it...(c;

Sorry you wasted so much money chasing bricked Apple products.

I bricked my N800 three times playing as root. Fortunately, Nokia figured
I was going to trash it so created the boot loader for Windoze to easily
restore it from scratch. Bricking it isn't dangerous in an open
environment.

Great post.