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iPod nano Owners In Screen Scratch Trauma

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the to-good-to-be-true dept.

wellington map writes "TheRegister reports iPod nano users have discovered that it is unbelievably easy to scratch the screen, which quickly makes the colour screen all but useless for viewing album art and photos stored on the machine. Apple's discussion forums are already host to hundreds of threads on this topic."

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  1. My "ipod phone" doesn't scratch by samjam · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have an Orange SPV C550 which sits around in my pocket and doesn't scratch (sometimes WITH my keys).

    It plays music with windows media player, supports a 1GB storage card.
    (it also plays midi files with quite a decent midi patchset.)
    It plays games too.
    It's also an ebook reader.

    Did I mention it's also a phone?

    Oh, and it is quite scratch proof. Apparently. I didn't put sandpaper in my pocket.

    Sam

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  2. Re:What mini? by emandres · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't want to be one of those jerks who corrects people... but here I go. A Gold clickwheel wouldn't work because they work on Capacitance. For that to happen, you have to have some kind of an insulator between your finger and the detector. Thus the plastic on all iPods. Plus you would get some nasty smudges on you gold clickwheel.

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