Here's a story with a happy ending. I was in the midst of a downpour yesterday and jumped out of the car to run into a building, unforunately my brand new Z10 decided to jump out of my pocket. It landed in about three inches of water flowing through a gutter and since it was dark I couild find it for about 5 or 10 seconds. I thought it was going to be dead but I took it apart and let everything dry overnight and BAM! everything worked in the morning. So props to Blackberry for making a machine that can stand up to tsunami-like rainstorms and work like a champ! Thanks Thorsten!