cleaning your tj-37

[deleon]

what do u guys use to clean the lcd screen of your pdas?
just curious!

[ithinkinink]

I use lens cleaner sprayed on the lens cleaner cloth (microfiber), not directly on the PDA. For in between buttons and scroll, etc, I just spray canned air.

[nausicaa]

omigosh! I use a screen protector and I highly recommend using screen protectors!
My current screen protector was a cheap one I got in Korea and it's already all scratched up (even though I regularly wipe the dust off with a special handkerchief for wiping camera lenses), so I can't imagine all the tiny scratches that could form on your digitizer without a screen protector.

Since the screen is the only way to input info into the TJ37, imho, a screen protector is a Wise Investment (you can always take the screen protector off and put a new one on when the screen protector gets old and scratched up but you can't do this for your digitizer!)

In Korea, it is not that convenient to get a hold of screen protectors for PDAs and a lot of people order them online. So the ghetto way of handling the issue while waiting (waiting for the screen protector ordered over the internet to arrive) is to buy a 10 cent sheet of OHP transparency (you know overhead transparencies for use on an overhead projector) and cut it into the right size (maybe a little bigger on top and bottom to slide a bit under the top and bottom parts of the casing around the screen) and stick it over your pda's face being careful not to trap dust particles underneath the OHP film layer.

oops! i just realized that I am probably more picky about my digitizer b/c I have a program that lets me input Korean characters directly onto the digitizer (not the graffiti area) and I worry about scratching my screen by running over tiny particles of dust or dirt with my stylus.

[TJ37]

It doesn't really scratch your digitizer screen as bad as the screen protector shows. "Cheap" or poor quality protectors usually have that problem where dust or particles get on the SP and when the stylus runs over it, it creates a big mark. Of course, after a while, it wont happen as much/at all. I don't recommend that you slip anything between the screen and the plastic case. It might be a potential hazard to your PDA. If you don't feel like spending $9+ on screen protectors, the best way to clean your PDA screen is to use a damp towel, cloth or napkin or use lens cleaning paper. Don't use tissue, toilet paper or similar because they tend to leave little bits of paper and furry stuff behind when you wipe stuff. Remember, DAMP not WET.

[nausicaa]

I don't recommend that you slip anything between the screen and the plastic case. It might be a potential hazard to your PDA.

but all the non-adhesives of the screen protector world all go in between the bezel and the screen ;)

Nevertheless, you do have a good point there :) ,

so, IF you end up doing the OHP transparencies thing because of some urgent contingency, you would want to use the extra-thin type of OHP (and you should try to cut it to the right size so that it won't shift around too much; try sliding something extra thin under the bevel to see how deep it is/how much space you have).

(I think TJ37 above is worried about putting too much pressure on the digitizer from having a thick OHP-type screen protector increasing the distance between the bevel and the screen)

[rodan]

Windex and an old rag.

I am serious, works fine.

[palmgeek]

A puff of hot breath, and my shirt tail. I'm serious too (hey, deleon asked). I might be more careful, if I wasn't using the best screen protector in the world... http://www.overlayplus.com

This is not a shameless plug... I don't work for them, and I don't own any of their stock. I'm just an end-user. I have tried everything out there, but when I got my Martin Fields, I quit looking for the prefect screen protector.

[DataMouse]

I just lick mine clean... slurp!

If you need a quick emergency screen protector just for the grafitti area, use a Post-It-Note Tape Flag, they work great!