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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
. . . and this, folks, is why you should use screen protectors!

I seem to recall the touchscreen being a single unit, so you're probably going to have to replace the whole thing.



Screen protectors are of a harder material (generally) than the screen itself, so it's incredibly unlikely that something is going to cut straight through it to get to the screen (unless you happen to carry your N800 in a bag full of steak knives).
The opposite is true. The screen is a higher durometer than the disposable protector. The stylus will mar (also spelled marr) the screen protector with use. It takes more to scratch the screen than it does the protector.

http://books.google.com/books?id=17B...KQqFKywiIkJVXs

The protector may or may not have protected against a steel zipper in this case, but keeping metal objects of all kinds away from the N800 screen is prudent.