Re: Touchscreen durability
 

And Santa and the Tooth Fairy are real...

The touchscreen is resistive and definitely needs a screen protector. The lower panel with the buttons is capacitive.

Re: Touchscreen durability
 

Will a stylus work on capacitive? I just tried, stylus does not work on iPod Touch. When I use stylus to tap on the iPod Touch, it sounds like glass; Diamond doesn't.

I'm not trying to say which is more durable; I just want to know if screen protector is really necessary. After some research, I believe it is entirely not necessary to use protector on iPod's glass top cover while it is better to use one on Diamond before it is too late.

Re: Touchscreen durability
 

Dude, just as some have already said here, the Diamond and Touch Pro use resistive screens, period. Also from all accounts these screens are not scratch resistant at all. Get a screen protector ASAP. I use this one and love it:

http://www.boxwave.com/products/clea...amond_3258.htm

Re: Touchscreen durability
 

There are an insanely high number of good reviews for Boxwave screen protectors. I kind of want one... my InvisibleSHIELD type protector is no doubt strong, but it adds so much friction between my finger and the screen....

Re: Touchscreen durability
 

False, as already stated. It's not difficult at all to recognize a capacitive screen from a resistive screen. If you didn't know just by using it that it's a resistive touch screen, then I'm guessing you have little to no experience with capacitive touch screens. I personally would not use a resistive screen without a screen protector unless I didn't really care about it much, or didn't care about resell value.

Re: Touchscreen durability
 

Yeah, heard that about the invisibleSHIELD.

I would say the Boxwave probably isn't as durable, but I'm pretty happy with how it's holding up so far. Just a few scratches that are extremely hard to see. The best thing though is almost no added resistance to the screen.