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Originally Posted by akira28
The decision to go with a touch screen is not the problem that causes issues with the clarity, but it was the decision to use a matt finish which messed things up. [snip] Had Sony left the surface clear, as Apple did on the iPhone and iPod Touch, I believe the glare would still be there but it would be much easier to manage since the reflected areas would not be so large and the clarity would not have been affected.
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Remember that those Apple screens are capacitive touch-screens. They're picking up electrical impulses. The PRS-700 (and PDA's) have resistive touch screens, which work through mechanical pressure. I'm pretty sure the latter require the mechanical layers to be in front of the display, I don't know enough about screen design, but I can imagine that might have limited Sony's options.
I'm not ruling "stupid decision" out, but I have to wonder if it's really so clear cut. Anti-glare stuff is usually matte. The 505 is matte, just like the 700. It's just not as reflective, so when it's distributing that glare, there's not as much to distribute. The touch sensitive layers may be responsible for reflecting so much light back in the first place, which would be ugly glare whether matte or gloss.