iPod nano Owners In Screen Scratch Trauma

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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nothing short of inaccurate

[thehomeland-org]

all but useless

When you use the phrase "all but", think of "everything except" -- if something is "everything except useless", it means it isn't useless. Your sentence therefore means that:

scratching "...quickly makes the colour screen useful for viewing album art and photos..."

So, scratched screen = [everything (except useless)]

Replace "all but" with "nothing short of" and you've got it.

scratching "...quickly makes the colour screen nothing short of useless for viewing album art and photos..."

Re:When will people learn?

[eclectic4]

BS. Something harder than the plastic is needed to scratch it. Geology 101.

Secondly, it's PLASTIC. If you don't want it to scratch, then cover it. The NANO Tubes will be out very shortly so that you and your ilk can stop your crying.

Lastly, I have two friends that own these, both are scratched (keys and change in pocket with the NANO... duh), but when the screen is on and backlit, you dont' see one of the scratches. Not one, so... I simply do not believe you when you say "can't even read the screen". I call BS.