Picture a comic strip...

Scene 1: a girl is walking down an icy street with a full cup of
coffee in one hand and her iPhone in the other.

Scene 2: (close up) She looks down at her iphone, distracted
momentarily by which song she's going to play next.

Scene 3: (close up on her feet) Her right foot lands on a patch of
black ice and 'whooshhh' slips from under her.

Scene 4: (wide shot) Her foot is in the air, she tips backward, hand
flies back, coffee cup goes flying. Coffee everywhere.

Scene 5: (close up on her face) A look of shock and panic. She doesn't
want to drop her iPhone.

Scene 6: (wide shot) She lands on her butt 'oooommphh' and swears a
lot '$#%^*'!!!...

Scene 7: (close up on her hand) The back of her hand then hits the icy
pavement. The iPhone scrapes a little on the ground but remains
tightly in her grip. Saved.

Scene 8: (close up on face) A look of pain, yet triumph.

The end.

~ Sent from handheld device

Edited to say, yes this happened to me the other day. Jan 18th 12:02am.