Talk about loyalty...

... if people still exhibit the "from my cold dead fingers" attitude about a device ten years after its "death", there must be something about it. Point one, the beast actually still works perfectly. It was made to resist, not replaced. If you dig a bit, you'll find tons of stories about how users forgot the Newton on top of their cars yet picked it up working after it hit the asphalt at speed, or about the Apple EDU-reps throwing eMates across the room against the wall to demonstrate that they were "kid-proof". Very, very reliable gear.