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Old 02-24-2009, 12:31 PM   #47
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Device: Sony PRS-505
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Originally Posted by akira28 View Post
Like you I am not an expert on these screen designs, however, the 700's screen is hard, without a plastic sheet, ala a PDA. This in addition to the fact that it incorporates finger gestures leads me to believe that it is not resistive or mechanical.

Although both the 505 and 700 screens may be anti-glare to different degrees, I believe it is the distance from the e-ink screen to the touch screen on the 700 that makes the difference in the clarity. Sony may have believed this design necessary to incorporate the LED front light.
"Resistive" just means it works through pressure. Actual touching. I was calling that mechanical, because it involves moving parts, i.e. a section of film A touching a section of film B. The capacitive screens of the iPhones/iPod Touches do not have any moving parts. Pressure has no effect.

I suppose all we can do is hope they didn't make the screen crappy just to spite us.
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