This is not true at all of the Kindle. Mine broke immediately. The company refuses to make it right. They charged 200 dollars. This is immoral. If you don't make it right I will not buy anything more from Amazon and you will lose more in the long run because I will eagerly and aggressively tell EVERYONE I know, and I know a lot of people.

I purchased a Kindle two days ago. Yesterday, mine slipped out of the included case and fell a foot and a half (24 inches, less than shown in the drop test above), and the screen is now completely damaged and unusable. As the above poster has found, Amazon will not do anything to assist, other than purchasing a new one at a discounted price. As it is cheaper to replace the whole unit than to repair it, you have no other option. I really liked the kindle for all 24 hours that it was usable, but am now strongly considering other options. BEWARE!

Have you looked at the Kindle 2 drop test featured on www.kindle.com? The drop test is done on a white background and the kindle seems to be dropped on a small piece of black tile. You can see a shadow under the tile indicating the tile is raised by some other material. Now look carefully as the kindle hits the tile, the tile displaces (moves over time in the slow motion movie). This allows the shock to be dispersed over time and lessens the chance of breakage. It is like wearing a crash helmet with crushable liner.

Note that I am not talking about the kindle one movie shown on this page, but the kindle-2 movie shown on www.kindle.com as of April 30 2009.