I respect your experience in these matters, but my Brother's screen protector films are softer plastic than the LCD surface, so he would not have had scratches on his screen the way the plastic protectors got so scratched up. Also, when my Brother's protector is on his LCD you have to press down harder with the Dell stylus to get actuation. I am confident (but no certain) this would be true on the N800?

I may have only owned my N800 for 3 weeks, but I have owned Pocket PCs since 1999 and I have owned a half dozen of them, and NEVER used screen protectors and I used my PPCs heavily. My screens did not scratch. My impression of the N800 screen is that it is made of an even harder material then the Dell Axim touchscreens were.

I am not poking a "sharp" object at the screen. The stylus is very blunt in my opinion, and it is soft plastic. If the stylus tip were made of metal, I might have a different opinion.

When the day is done, this is simply my opinion. My analogy about the lampshade and car seat covers was about appearance. The plastic bag on the lampshade might keep the lampshade clean, but I have to look at it in plastic for years to get that benefit? I'd rather not. Again my opinion.

You guys do it the way you want, doesn't mean you are right, and doesn't mean the original poster should listen to me either. My 8 years of PDA use has convinced me that screen protectors are hideous and of little positive value. That is my opinion. Your mileage may vary. First thing I did when my N800 came out of the box was peel off the plastic covering the screen and throw it in the trash. I don't regret doing it. Do what you want. The OP guy asked if he should put his back on after he pulled it off. My opinion was no. Yours is absolutlely yes. Now it is up to him.

Cheers.