touch screen not nail-friendly - or is it? help?

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    11-14-2009 07:25 PM
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    Unhappy touch screen not nail-friendly - or is it? help?

    Is it possible to sensitize the touchscreen to press buttons by your fingernail and not the pad of your fingers? the keys are smaller than my fingers and I'm getting frustrated pressing the wrong keys all the time...
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    11-14-2009 07:33 PM
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    No. This is a capacitive screen and far superior to the junk resistive screens that are on cheap touch screen phones.
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    11-14-2009 07:37 PM
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    I don't know what that means but I do get your point ... it does not allow you to adjust its sensitivity for nail depression vs. finger depression. thank you, Grimster.
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    11-14-2009 07:41 PM
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    I use my nail sometimes if I'm trying to click on a small link on a cluttered screen
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    11-14-2009 07:45 PM
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    then you have a magic nail with some sort of current running through it for it to work on the droid.
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    11-14-2009 07:45 PM
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    Really? I try and it doesn't acknowledge. Did you sensitize your screen or something?
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    11-14-2009 07:48 PM
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    the screen itself requires some sort of current to recognize an input on the touchscreen, capacitive vs. resistive. resistive requires pressure in which case you would be able to adjust it.
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    11-14-2009 07:48 PM
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    Really? I try and it doesn't acknowledge. Did you sensitize your screen or something?

    No. I guess I should clarify.. I think it's 50/50 nail and fingertip. I don't have long nails--I'm a male. lol. If anyone has ever navigated with the screen when links are tiny and scrunched up closely, you have to figure out a way to make it work.
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    11-14-2009 08:22 PM
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    okay, thanks, zero. I'm female and it's a bit frustrating not being able to use them on the virtual keyboard. I'm a very fast typist and it's frustrating going so slow trying to hit the right virtual key...
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    11-14-2009 08:24 PM
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    Personally I don't know that having a sensitive screen to the fingernail should be considered inferior but everyone has their own opinion. I just wish this were more nail-friendly. Since it's not, I will have to make it work somehow...

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