A long time ago, TamsPalm reviewed the OtterBox 3250. It scored really well and has served me well ever since – but Kristin Golliher, the OtterBox PR gal, simply didn’t give up offering me stuff. And when she sent me an email about the teeny tiny OtterBox 1000, I was immediately sold, if just for the cuteness factor. Can the smallest OtterBox live up to its bigger brother? Read on to find out!
My OtterBox was originally a tradeshow press sample that never got picked up – so the packaging probably isn’t the retail one. Nevertheless, it is well done and protected the 1000 on its way to the holy halls of TamsPalm 
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Here are a few pictures of the new Otterbox next to a Palm Tungsten T3 and a Palm Treo 600:
To show you how small the 1000 really is, these pictures show it next to the 3250:
OtterBox products have ‘clamps’ that secure the lid when the box is closed. Clamp action on the 1000 is very smooth, opening the clamp does not take too much force:
The smallest OtterBox has an internal capacity of 4.003″x 2.488″x 1.293″ cm, which is barely not enough for a Palm Treo 600(darn antenna, but it just looks so cool):
Fitting in money and a credit card is no problem, the same thing is valid for memory cards and spare batteries for the wireless keyboard of choice:
Mobile phones are a hit-and-miss story. Some fit in(T68i), others don’t(Siemens SX1):
Last but not least, here is a video that shows a credit card, a SD card and some money taking a bath and not getting wet:
http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-1147355710488871596
Overall, the 1000 is a great OtterBox and definitely lives up to the high expectations set up by the 3250. The small size makes the 1000 unsuitable for protecting larger phones or Palm Handhelds – but that’s what the 3250 is for. If you, on the other hand, want to protect a small flip phone, cash or a credit card, the 1000 will serve you great! The price of just 11.49$ makes it a very affordable choice…
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