I agree... EVOs are far from rugged, so that is a very valid point.
Do you think an Evo is much less rugged than a Hero?
I'm a hands-on maintenance supervisor for a 3-building contract pharmaceutical manufacturing company. I work on the HVAC systems, chillers, hot water and steam boilers, cooling towers, backup generators, forklifts, vehicles, cubicles and furniture ... It goes on and on.
I carried this Hero for a year:
It's been in a Seidio Innocase Surface II, had a Boxwave Anti-Glare screen protector on it, and I've carried it in the Seidio Clip Holster the entire time. I was gentle with it for the first month, but then it just became a tool on my belt. It's hit the floor several times, I've lost track of the times that I've rolled on it, and I think I've dragged it across every wall and piece of equipment in each building.
And here's how it looks now without the case on it:
The front looks just as good, but I couldn't get a decent picture of it due to the glare off the screen. In essence, it looks and works as good as new despite everything I did to it.
Now I'm carrying an Evo in a Seidio Innocase Surface with a Boxwave Anti-Glare screen protector on it and I'm carrying it in a Seidio Clip Holster. Perhaps I'm being unreasonable, but I expect to have a similiar experience with this setup as I did with the Hero.
And I miss my trackball.
Pete