Microsoft Surface Touch Cover 'Splits Within Days'

[wraggster]

An anonymous reader points out a report at the Guardian of a potential problem for early adopters of the Microsoft Surface tablet. The Touch Cover is one of the available protective covers for the device; it acts as a keyboard, and has both a gyroscope and an accelerometer on board. Unfortunately, some users (http://www.surfaceforums.net/forum/microsoft-surface-general-discussion/1940-touch-cover-peeling-seam.html) have found that the edges of the Touch Cover have split open after only a few days of use (http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/nov/09/microsoft-surface-cover-flaw). "The defect is identical in each case: the cover ... begins to split at its seam where the device attaches magnetically to the main computer. [One developer] was told to return his Touch Cover to Microsoft for a replacement, and Microsoft has been swapping faulty covers for users (http://www.booksnreview.com/articles/1640/20121110/microsoft-surface-tablet-touch-cover-defect-blown-out-of-proportion-features-specs.htm) where it has retail stores. It's unclear whether the problems that people have encountered are due to a faulty batch or are a subtle problem that will become more apparent as more people use it for longer — but the fact that users in the US and the UK have reported the problem suggests that it is not isolated to a single manufacturing batch."

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/11/11/0321217/microsoft-surface-touch-cover-splits-within-days