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paulkbiba · 01-29-2006, 12:03 AM

Gee, I'm a holdout on this, I guess. I've had many, many Palms, and currently have a Palm III, aTX, a Tungsten C, a Zodiac 2, a Clie and a Treo 650, along with 3 Pocket PCs. I have never used a screen protector with any of them (with one exception I'll mention later) and in all those years, since I first got my Palm III, I've never had a scratch or other major mark on the screen. I've tried a lot of protectors, but simply don't think they are worth the trouble or money. The key is in cleaning. Like cleaning a lens, make sure the screen is free of dust and dirt before polishing it.

The only protector I would recommend is the Boxwave Anti-Reflective one. This is useful when you have your machine in the car and are running a GPS program. Then the sun shining on the screen will either wash it out or cause so many reflections you can't see it. Other than this I'm not in the protector-crowd.

By the way, I got an iPod Video 60GB for my birthday, and talk about scratches! It scratches if you just look at it. It's the only machine I've ever had that I'm a bit afraid to use. A full-coverage case is really a necessity for this baby.

01-29-2006, 12:03 AM	#3
paulkbiba Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 45 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Device: Nokia e61i, iPhone	Gee, I'm a holdout on this, I guess. I've had many, many Palms, and currently have a Palm III, aTX, a Tungsten C, a Zodiac 2, a Clie and a Treo 650, along with 3 Pocket PCs. I have never used a screen protector with any of them (with one exception I'll mention later) and in all those years, since I first got my Palm III, I've never had a scratch or other major mark on the screen. I've tried a lot of protectors, but simply don't think they are worth the trouble or money. The key is in cleaning. Like cleaning a lens, make sure the screen is free of dust and dirt before polishing it. The only protector I would recommend is the Boxwave Anti-Reflective one. This is useful when you have your machine in the car and are running a GPS program. Then the sun shining on the screen will either wash it out or cause so many reflections you can't see it. Other than this I'm not in the protector-crowd. By the way, I got an iPod Video 60GB for my birthday, and talk about scratches! It scratches if you just look at it. It's the only machine I've ever had that I'm a bit afraid to use. A full-coverage case is really a necessity for this baby. Last edited by paulkbiba; 01-29-2006 at 12:10 AM.