glass screen protector?

[fzzyrn]

Would it be possible to have a glass screen protector that makes the screen flush with the surface of the phone?
Would it be possible to still use the touchscreen with said protector?
Is there some company that makes these?

[Mi|enko]

Would it be possible to have a glass screen protector that makes the screen flush with the surface of the phone?
Would it be possible to still use the touchscreen with said protector?
Is there some company that makes these?

If these were readily available, the iphone wouldn't have been half as innovative. . .

[johnny88]

Would it be possible to have a glass screen protector that makes the screen flush with the surface of the phone?

Yes

Would it be possible to still use the touchscreen with said protector?

Yes

Is there some company that makes these?

Yes but I don't know any brand.

:)

[fzzyrn]

Huh really? I think it'd be nice. ONe of the reasons i'm leaning towards the touch dual/touch is that the screen is flush witht he surface, and it makes pushing things like the x-button really easy without the stylus. I don't particularly like the stylus.
We need to find some company that will make these for us.

[freakingwilly]

Would it be possible to have a glass screen protector that makes the screen flush with the surface of the phone?
Would it be possible to still use the touchscreen with said protector?
Is there some company that makes these?
If you had a screen protector that thick, I don't think the touch screen would be very functional.

[hanmin]

When you said glass screen protector, you mean using 'glass'? that won't be possible. Not sure how johnny88 get his answers. Anyway, the touchscreen uses a series of X Y grids of 'wires' within to detect 'touches'. Having a glass (i.e rigid) or even thick plastic scr prt will make the whole lot of these grids touching, making it impossible for the screen to actually know where you are touching. It is like replacing the stylus with a .. .. big square.. er.. glass. Logically, it (glass) wont work. Even with a thick plastic scr ptr wont work as well. It is like.. hmmm... put a piece of paper over your palm, and poke it with your stylus. You know where the stylus is by just the feelings on your palm. Replace the piece of paper with a piece of thicker paper.. (er.. or card board, notebooks, the telephone directory), and you loose the senses. Same goes for putting a glass on your palm and tyr to feel the stylus through it.

It will work though if it uses IR light as sensor.. .. which if it does, we already have multi touch capabilities.

[fzzyrn]

so..no hope huh? I really would like it flush, but whatever. I guess i can just use the stylus.
By glass i meant sort of like how the iphone surface is. I'm aware that IR leds can be used to make multitouch displays.
But if the thick plastic interferes with the working of the screen, then how do the normal screen protectors function.

[hanmin]

because normal scr prt isn't that thick (or not thick enough). Probably it does reduce the sensitivity of the touchscreen (i.e. the touchscreen may have a resolution of a dot of 0.5mm, which increased to 1mm due to the scr prt), but at a not noticible manner. E.g., poke yourself with a stylus, cover yourself with a tissue, poke it again. it feels the same because tissue is thin enough.