Nokia E90 meets maker courtesy of 12 gauge shotgun

We think the emphatic "For Parts ONLY" in the description of this well-loved E90's eBay auction pretty much says it all.

[Via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]

[Korean Avenger @ Dec 28th 2007 5:21AM]

Man, Dick Cheney has issues.

[Carnaval13 @ Dec 28th 2007 5:50AM]

"For parts only" - And which "parts" would that be??

[chris @ Dec 28th 2007 11:14AM]

any parts to the left of the keyboard =)

[Josef @ Dec 28th 2007 7:57AM]

Well, anything on the left side.

[Matt H. @ Dec 28th 2007 6:05AM]

Nice looking phone... are the E90's any good? I'm debating one of them or a touch- since I've heard they both can connect via Wi-Fi.

[Richard @ Dec 28th 2007 6:11AM]

If you want bouncing icons and lots of next to useless eye candy get a Touch. If you want a functional enterprise PDA/Phone get an E90.

[xbit @ Dec 28th 2007 7:21AM]

It's very decent, but it's only got European 3G. Other than that, good keyboard, decent camera, good Bluetooth support, GPS, very nice screen, etc.

[Pdexter @ Dec 28th 2007 8:55AM]

Screen is absolutely amazing. Only - i have found is the size(as faithfull communicator user this hasent been too big of a problem to me)and for those rare North American users missing 3G cant be too good.

[Ryan Trevisol @ Dec 28th 2007 9:21AM]

"Nice looking phone... are the E90's any good?"

Well . . . normally I would say yeah, but apparently the interface must be frustrating.

[Pdexter @ Dec 28th 2007 10:16AM]

Well it's S60 everybody for its own, but for now 67% of the globe seems to think it's OS for them. Test it before you buy at least i havent ever bought a phone before i have tested it....

[starkruzr @ Dec 28th 2007 1:27PM]

The iPod touch is not a phone.

[starkruzr @ Dec 28th 2007 1:31PM]

The E90 is kind of a bad purchase in the US. No 3G and $600 more expensive than an iPhone.

[SteveMB @ Dec 28th 2007 3:27PM]

Well the iPhone does NOT have a removable battery and it is locked. The E90 also has a memory slot for TransFlash cards. I think that the iPhone and E90 are in two different categories, but I DO think that the iPhone is far inferior.

[Matt H. @ Dec 28th 2007 8:15PM]

I'm only interested in getting something that connects to Wi-fi and is portable. The cell part is secondary... E90, Touch... or DS:

My 55yr old (ex cop, ex army) buddy at work says he just got a nintendo DS that he checks his email and surfs with. What about that?

Any suggestions?

[blaktornado @ Dec 28th 2007 6:57AM]

By the looks of it, WOO FREE BULLET!

[roberto @ Dec 28th 2007 7:57AM]

Holy rusted metal, Batman!

[Ghen @ Dec 28th 2007 8:24AM]

I'm wondering how he missed.. Was this at 100 ft or something?

[L @ Dec 28th 2007 8:29AM]

I'm with you, how they heck do you miss something like that with a shotgun!?

[apw76006 @ Dec 28th 2007 9:23AM]

"Why GPS baby Jesus? Whyyyyyyy?"

[Korean Avenger @ Dec 28th 2007 9:51AM]

Roberto, I can't believe you whipped out a "Batman Forever" quote, and I'm ashamed to say that I recognized it.

[roberto @ Dec 28th 2007 10:56AM]

...and I'm surprised you recognized it!

[Joshua Walters @ Dec 28th 2007 10:20AM]

At least hes being honest about the whole thing.

[barrywoods @ Dec 28th 2007 10:56AM]

That will polish right out.

[Backlin @ Dec 28th 2007 11:05AM]

It's just a flesh wound!

[silverblackvoid @ Dec 28th 2007 11:31AM]

i think the phone's owner is an idiot. why is he so careless? i wanna cry coz its the best damn phone in this world.

[Reader @ Dec 28th 2007 11:42AM]

Finally, I've been looking for a cheap new phone.

[Stef @ Dec 28th 2007 12:20PM]

Intel inside... woops... maybe not!

[whatishalo? @ Dec 28th 2007 12:40PM]

"Smith and Wesson inside"(tm)

[ace_spades @ Dec 28th 2007 1:05PM]

"Bullet Inside"
There actually is a piece of shot stuck in next to the keyboard

[Ben @ Dec 28th 2007 1:41PM]

Wow,

Being from Pittsburgh it disturbs me to think that I may very well be living within range of a "negligent discharge from a 12 Gauge Shotgun loaded with 00 Buckshot"

What a moron.

[Fyre @ Dec 28th 2007 2:10PM]

Being from Pa myself I'm only surprised it didn't come from the middle of the state (civilization at the ends, inbreeding in the middle)

[Ben @ Dec 28th 2007 2:21PM]

Hah!

I graduated from Penn State so I know exactly what you're talking about! We actually found a .30 cal rifle bullet lodged in the deck of our house while i was living up there. I'm not anti gun ownership at all, but it'd sure be nice if they gave a basic intelligence test before you could buy. Something like the concealed carry permit tests.

[mushrooshi @ Dec 28th 2007 2:19PM]

lol

[jamma @ Dec 28th 2007 2:43PM]

But will it mend?

[aidin @ Dec 28th 2007 3:21PM]

yeah... but will it blend?

[Rick @ Dec 28th 2007 6:29PM]

"..Meets it's maker"? So after the device was shot, it was shipped back to Nokia's factory? That seems odd.

[db2 @ Dec 30th 2007 12:15PM]

"Like new! Slightly shotgunned!"

I have an uneasy feeling there's someone in Pittsburgh walking/hobbling around with only a portion of a leg.

[Dustin @ Dec 30th 2007 9:57PM]

lmao..

reminds me of http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html
make sure u click the 'gear' at the end :)

[Andrew @ Jan 25th 2008 7:39PM]

Whelp... that would be my phone ;) And yes, I did spend more then $900 for it... and no I didn't do it intentionally.

I've been handling firearms for 20 years and this is the first time I've had an accident - at lest the only thing damaged was my pride and my phone ;)

You can see more pictures, along with pictures of my desk and the Netgear Ethernet Switch that go caught in the crossfire in the Photo's section of my website http://www.lildobe.net