Touchscreen durability

[Mbai2]

Originally Posted by cozboogie

I believe the Diamond and Pro both have capacitive screens.

late,
Coz

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.

[Fixup]

Originally Posted by cozboogie

I believe the Diamond and Pro both have capacitive screens.

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.

[alan7467]

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

[infection0]

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....

[ydoucare]

Originally Posted by cozboogie

I believe the Diamond and Pro both have capacitive screens.

late,
Coz

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.

[alan7467]

Originally Posted by infection0

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....

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.