Treo 650 Screen Protector
Jun. 22nd, 2005 02:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deathboyI noticed with interest that the Treo 650 doesn't come with the quite cute (though not ultra-useable - for instance, no hole to use a handsfree at the same time) carry-case that the 600 came with. Obviously, I still have mine, and it fits perfectly, so no biggy.
However, they did provide a "screen protector". Yes, that's right, they'd cleverly substituted a few pence worth of carry case to protect your screen and unit for a fraction of a penny's worth of a piece of sticky-backed-plastic.
This didn't bother me too much, as I never used the case heavily anyway, and I was going to actually buy some plastic to cover the screen after my 600 got a really nasty battle-scar while I was out clubbing one night. I just thought it was a fairly comedic replacement to save production costs.
One thing I noticed when I applied the sticker was that I fucked it up a few times, then, when I finally got it perfect, there were a few apparent air bubbles that just plain wouldn't go away, no matter how much I smoothed 'em down.
This pissed me off - I was at the point of removing the label and going back to an unprotected glass (plastic? I dunno) screen because putting the sticker on had made it look awful.
Then I got distracted by something shiny.
I woke up today, looked at the screen and did a double-take - the bubbles, which more closely resembled a stretch of the plastic (as they were actually white-ish, not just raised) had disappeared completely.
I'm guessing the slightly elastic nature of the plastic meant that overnight, it pulled itself into shape and relaxed around the bubbles.
So now, my screen's protected and looks just great.
Three cheers for a cheap piece of plastic :)
However, they did provide a "screen protector". Yes, that's right, they'd cleverly substituted a few pence worth of carry case to protect your screen and unit for a fraction of a penny's worth of a piece of sticky-backed-plastic.
This didn't bother me too much, as I never used the case heavily anyway, and I was going to actually buy some plastic to cover the screen after my 600 got a really nasty battle-scar while I was out clubbing one night. I just thought it was a fairly comedic replacement to save production costs.
One thing I noticed when I applied the sticker was that I fucked it up a few times, then, when I finally got it perfect, there were a few apparent air bubbles that just plain wouldn't go away, no matter how much I smoothed 'em down.
This pissed me off - I was at the point of removing the label and going back to an unprotected glass (plastic? I dunno) screen because putting the sticker on had made it look awful.
Then I got distracted by something shiny.
I woke up today, looked at the screen and did a double-take - the bubbles, which more closely resembled a stretch of the plastic (as they were actually white-ish, not just raised) had disappeared completely.
I'm guessing the slightly elastic nature of the plastic meant that overnight, it pulled itself into shape and relaxed around the bubbles.
So now, my screen's protected and looks just great.
Three cheers for a cheap piece of plastic :)
