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I observe that when using MF screen protectors I have to press the stylus a little more than that at a bare screen. I dont mind doing that and I am very comfortable with that, but would like to know views from others about the pressure sensitivity of the screen. For example a long session with playing Lemmings means a lot of scratching around on the screen. Is this going to harm the screen in long run or is it built to take that stress?
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Posted: 2004-07-30 15:54:21
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Its something that worries me, although it seems fairly sturdy my heart leaps into my mouth when someone is playing with my phone and they start STABBING at the screen, but it has held up to a fair bit of punishment to be fair.
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Posted: 2004-07-30 16:34:12
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Touch screens are meant to bear such abuse. I do agree that someone else might not use it with the same care as you! I use the stylus so lighty that most of the times i fail to enter the right letter. I dont think "parts" of the screen might get disfunctional due to bad usage : it either works or it does not. I guess its the same technology used in kiosks, digi cams etc. Also we have a good number of P800 users who have never complained about such things. I have, however heard people getting their screens cracked by dropping the phone.
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Posted: 2004-07-31 06:52:52
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Has *someone* ever been able to purchase a screen protector for the P900 in *india*? I am really really wanting to purchase it in india. I have seens links on sites ,but they dont seem to ship to India or their payment options are weird. Someone to help me?
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Posted: 2004-07-31 06:58:08
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i used to have the same feeling like all of you, sometimes missed a letter because i pressed it too light and very concerned when someone elses using my p900 judging from the way they 'stabbed' the screen...
. but now i forced myself to have faith in the se research and production department that they already calculated the (extreme) force most people will apply to their screen. so now that i have less worry i can enjoy the phone more...
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Posted: 2004-07-31 09:51:01
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:sbjg
you can try the screen protector from brando at shop.Brando.Com... i bought mine from brando online and it reached calcutta in 4 days
This message was posted from a Nokia
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Posted: 2004-07-31 10:58:27
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I have a P800, which is secondhand, and has had some use by me. I have no idea what abuse the phone had with the previous owner, but the screen is barely scratched! There's a couple of slight ones that are barely noticeable in certain light, but otherwise nothing.
I would suggest you'll do fine without a screen protector - you'll enjoy using your stylus more (i.e. not having to press harder all the time) knowing that the screen is resilient to most day to day use.
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Posted: 2004-07-31 11:22:40
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Best thing to do is shamlessly tell anyone else who asks for the phone - "NO". I have seen people who would like to 'spoil' the phone on purpose.
Ofcourse dont do it with your family members!. The only thing my mom liked on my SEP900 is the chess!. She was stuck with it four hours!. Her happiness was worth more than any scratches. Luckily she is as careful as I am....
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Posted: 2004-07-31 12:25:14
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@ac - what payment option did you use when you shopped at brando?
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Posted: 2004-07-31 12:38:48
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you have to be a Palm user too to know that touchscreens really wear out! sure they are resistant in most cyrcumstances but i noticed those nasty scraches on both my palm and the p800 in the virtual keyb area...correspondent to the most frequently used lettres... for that matter the palm is cracked (never had a screen protect) but the p800 is saved as a good friend of mine had gifted me a very good screen ptotector. @ first i was reluctant and said that the screen would hold anyways without, but now i'm far more confortable ever since i applied it to the screen.
sure, sure, it needs a bit more force to be applied to, but it's safer!
about the "dead areas": THEY ARE TRUE! i have some on my palm m130 for having used it industrially in the past 2 years. so i ended up not being able to use some softscreen areas. the touchscreen is made out of 7 to 9 layers. the contacts themselves (electrods) are separated by small silicon dampers. when applied pressure to the touchscreen the dampers squeze and the electrods correspondent to X and Y axis make contact. a processor interprets this as a precise pointing on a determined are on the screen.
so, having explained the process, i want to warn you all that those little dampers have a limited resistance (sure, they can work years of perfect service) but apps such as games or industrial tapping or text imput can limit the liftime of the touchscreen. i'd advise everyone to use text recognition in conjunction with a screen protect (to prevent scraches) and vary the screen area on which u "draw" the lettres!
users can confirm that intensive usage leaves awful scraches on the surface above the virtual keyb is shown. the dampers there suffer from the same treatment people, so take care. My palm's screwd for that matter. "dead areas", scraches and dust... plus, recently color denat. and dead pixels also on ma beautiful 65K screen. sheesh
cheers, dan
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Posted: 2004-07-31 15:57:00
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