Problems with Palm plastic screen

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I am using PocketBible and it does not seem as responsive as my old Palm
VIIx's glass screen when I try to scroll up and down between verses. In
order to do so I move the stylus in the grafti area up or down. I
usually can move up and down between verses, but sometimes I cannot.
With my old VIIx's I almost always could move up and down between
verses. Is this a symptom of a plastic screen?

Personally I think it was a huge mistake on the part of Palm to ship
units with plastic screens. The glass screens seemed more responsive to
the stylus and grafti input.


John
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On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:00:43 -0700, John wrote:

> Personally I think it was a huge mistake on the part of Palm to ship
> units with plastic screens. The glass screens seemed more responsive to
> the stylus and grafti input.

Palm went to plastic in the screens, IMHO, because it cut into their
bottom line to replace all the broken ones. Glass is, after all, more
fragile than plastic.

Personally, I still like the feel of the screen on the Vx my wife uses
over the feel of my m515. I've also found that I have more trouble
getting proper graffiti recognition on my m515 than I did on the Vx
before I gave it to my wife.

I've heard a few other people mention this as well. But most people
seem to like the trade-off for durability and weight.
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