Well, it just died. Probably, something pressed too much on it (could get destroyed even without visible damage), or, in very, very rare cases, it could die on it's own.

Yes, and a quite big market, to say at least. As for fake digitizers, quality varies much - people report some of them to be "worse input than PDA's from A.D. 2000), while others seem to be acceptable. None of them is as good (pressure sensitivity resolution and touch area resolution) as original ones. If I would have to decide "perfectly looking good quality fake", or "original with some scratches", I would take the latter, personally. Fortunately, i have personal stock of spare ideal condition original ones, so it's a win-win situation (thankfully, had to use spare one only once)

i'm temped to say "yes", but in fact, I took it from "Location: Paris" on top of your posts...

I'm taking those digitizers from local phone repair & used phones shop - they're scavenging various parts from mortally malfunction devices, too, including N900's. From time to time, you get a digitizer in ideal condition (protected by foil) from a non-working N900 for very good price, but it is very rare, so I keep those for myself

The thing is, that I can't give you price, as they vary very much depending on condition and, as it seems, random ideas of shop staff (divided, somehow, by for how long they can't sell said part ).

So, if you would give me your absolute maximum, I would subtract cost of shipping such small package to France (need to check it first), and see, what they have in that price range, at the moment - then, inform you about possible options.

Don't worry, if it turns out to be cheaper than your maximum, i'll still tell you real price Consider it as my Community help, I'm not making any money on those digitizers.

/Estel