I'm sure you're like me in that you hate trying to crack into these things. They're impossible to open at best and lead to profuse bleeding at worst.
Sony got smart and made a perforated edge along the backside of the packaging and it made my day. Sony has dropped the ball on a lot of big things (e.g. PS3, MP3 players) but seems to do some small things right.
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08/01/07 3:52 PM
Nice. I hate these things too, most of the time. They're an example of design used to aid the seller (by making them difficult to steal or open without revealing they've been opened) at the expense of the customer experience.
08/01/07 4:12 PM
"by making them difficult to steal or open without revealing they've been opened"
Duh! I always just assumed this was a cheaper, easier way to create the product. This begs the question then, why did Sony bother to keep the plastic lockbox if they were going to provide an easy way to open it?