Just out of curiousity, do any of your screens have a kind of bounce or mushy feel to them when you press on them? I look at mine from the side and there is clearly a movement up and down when I push on it. I also have the screen protector on it too, but that should be firmly emplaced. It looks like from looking at it side on at the center of the screen is sort of unattached whenever I depress on it. Is this normal?
Same here
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It's perfectly normal that your touchscreen dips a little when pressed on; In fact, that's how resistive touchscreens work. From Wikipedia:
Resistive touchscreens are composed of two flexible sheets coated with a resistive material and separated by an air gap or microdots. When contact is made to the surface of the touchscreen, the two sheets are pressed together, registering the precise location of the touch. Because the touchscreen senses input from contact with nearly any object (finger, stylus/pen, palm) resistive touchscreens are a type of "passive" technology.
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It seems to happen on all phones where the screen is on a slider. I've seen it on the Fuze and Kaiser, too.
3waygeek said:
It seems to happen on all phones where the screen is on a slider. I've seen it on the Fuze and Kaiser, too.
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i think the OP is about the screen itself, not the top half of the phones. the screen thing is inherent and i've got no issue with that, but a shifty sliding mechanism is annoying, though not present on my tp2
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It's perfectly normal that your touchscreen dips a little when pressed on; In fact, that's how resistive touchscreens work. From Wikipedia:
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Yeah, however, I would have thought the screen would have been a little tighter in terms of it's air gap between the resistive layer and the LCD itself. I used to have an 8525 and there was never the kind of airgap between the touch screen and the LCD at all. With this there is a noticable gap in the touch screen layer to the LCD. Especially in the middle. I just would have thought it would have been a flatter tighter stretched across the screen.
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Had the TP2 for a week now, really impressed with it, but.......
the plastic screen on top of the touch sensistive screen has come away so when i click I can feel the plastic screen move about 1-2mm before it hits the touch sensitive part.
Has anyone else experienced this, if so is there a fix (heating it or something lol?) or am I in a possition to send it back?
Is this the screen protector that has come away or part of the screen itself?
If it's the screen protector that you have applied, then apparently you can take it off, wash it and air dry it then reapply. Having said that I've never managed to do it, I always end up buying a new one!
If it is part of the screen then DO NOT fiddle about with it, send it back!
I have the same problem.
In my opinion in the middle of the screen + left/right, there is less sensity than under and above he screen.
I think in this part of the screen the space between lcd and his plastic cover is bigger than elswhere.
I have tested it with resco explorer.
I have tried to marked some files from up and down and with a slightly pressure, the upper and under area recognized the input, but in the middle it does not.
Perhaps my Rhodium lacks,
and perhaps it is overstated?
No idea.
It would be nice to get some statements from you guys.
Sorry for my english
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I have the same problem.
In my opinion in the middle of the screen + left/right, there is less sensity than under and above he screen.
I think in this part of the screen the space between lcd and his plastic cover is bigger than elswhere.
I have tested it with resco explorer.
I have tried to marked some files from up and down and with a slightly pressure, the upper and under area recognized the input, but in the middle it does not.
Perhaps my Rhodium lacks,
and perhaps it is overstated?
No idea.
It would be nice to get some statements from you guys.
Sorry for my english
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Exact same problem as me, I don't think it was like it when I first got it, lets give it some time and see if others experience the same problem - not sure if this will be covered by warrenty or not.
same problem for me. i can press the screen for about 1-2mm down. but only in the center of the screen.
sometimes there is a click noise, when pressing the screen in the center and under the speaker at the htc logo.
did anyone send it back?
do you mean ?
Do you mean that the screen in the middle is "wobbly" ?
I think I have the same Issue In the middle it feels like if there is some space between the plastic covering the screen and the lcd.
and no, I dont have a screen protector on it atm...
This "issue" that is being discussed here is known as the screen flexing. Unfortunately, this is an attribute of all resistive touch screens.
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This "issue" that is being discussed here is known as the screen flexing. Unfortunately, this is an attribute of all resistive touch screens.
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Im a bit relieved now. So it is normal to be like that or a problem with the screen that happens sometimes due to the nature of the resistive screen _
bonevbs said:
Im a bit relieved now. So it is normal to be like that or a problem with the screen that happens sometimes due to the nature of the resistive screen _
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It's normal. All resistive touchscreens are like that (check out your/someone else's Nintendo DS, it's the same). The flexing is pretty good (ie, minimal) on the TP2. It's much worse on older generation devices.
thanks
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It's normal. All resistive touchscreens are like that (check out your/someone else's Nintendo DS, it's the same). The flexing is pretty good (ie, minimal) on the TP2. It's much worse on older generation devices.
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thanks for the information.. I didnt knoiw that
doos anyone experience a screen gap where the top layer is 1-2mm away from the resistive layer? creating a spoungy feeling. i had this on my last tp2 and had it replaced bit am looking for any crazy home made solutions for my newer one :s
There's no solution because this isn't a problem per se. It's a characteristic of all resistive touch screens.
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There's no solution because this isn't a problem per se. It's a characteristic of all resistive touch screens.
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fair comments, but its untrue imo.
both tp2's i have had have not had this when i first received them - they both felt like capacitive screens the 2 layers were so close. it is a problem that has developed over a few weeks.
With any resistive screen, you're going to be able to feel the screen flex, especially in areas farthest from the border. This is even more noticable with large screen devices like our TP2 and the Touch HD. There's no way around it. (Our screen is basically 2 thin layers one on top of the other. The screen registers a tap in the area where these 2 layers are pushed together)
That being said, the screen flex should be noticable but not so extreme that it feels uncomfortable to use. If it's unusable, you should return it.
At first I thought it was either a fluke, or just not happening, but now I know it definitely is. I can press onscreen keys and buttons without actually touching the screen.
I've seen recently that there is a screen tech that registers hovering fingers but I'm not sure if the ClearPad 2000 hardware can do this. "I'm not sure" meaning "I have no idea."
Interestingly it is affecting the way I type as as I type and skim over onscreen keys, I will sometimes get that "run you finger across a piano" effect. If that's makes sense to people.
I do know that I have a habbit of giving an electric shock to many things and people. Maybe I'm just highly charged and it's affecting the screen???
Is it just me that gets this?
i just had a few try's and i couldn't do it, i had to actually make contact for anything to happen
AFAIK, capacitive touchscreens work by reacting to the natural hand capacitance (i.e. the tiny amounts of electricity stored in your body). Therefore, I suppose it makes sense that different people can have different levels of capacitance.
No doubt someone who knows will be along soon!
Sometimes, the screen can be very sensitive ... and sometimes, you can accidently touch the trackpad.
Yeah, I experienced this issue as well.
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As already mentioned, capacitive screens do not actually register your finger touching the screen, but just the electric field your fingers produce when near to the sensor. The sensor in this case is actually a grid of thin wires spanned across the screen, you can see them when the screen is off and hold the phone at a certain angle to a lightsource.
So, depending on the calibration of the sensor, a finger will get registered even if you just hover over the glass.
No chance to hover and register a touch on mine, albeit when I hold the phone with my normal left-hand grip - my thumb being just above the volume key - it registers as a touch on the screen so a single finger slide doesn't result in a scroll but a zoom in/out. I really can't stand the length of the volume key.
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perhaps its the optical track ball ???? That will do it ... 1cm away from the track area the screen moves. as it should
Nah, for me it's not an issue with accidentally rubbing the optical trackball. Plus I've tested this a number of times. I can hover a finger over the screen and get the screen to respond. So when the keyboard is up, I can type without touching the screen. Seems to work best with my thumbs. And interestingly, my right thumb works "better" (if I can call it that) than my left.
Maybe I am just highly charged. Especially when the weather gets hotter I give a lot more things electrical shocks. I'd better hurry up and get a protective case!
This has happened to me quite a lot. I wasn't entirely sure if just psychic? Hahaha!
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Does it for me all the time, I can hover at a maximum of about 2mm above the screen and it still reacts!!
PaulW21781 said:
Does it for me all the time, I can hover at a maximum of about 2mm above the screen and it still reacts!!
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Conversely I can touch my screen really gently and nothing happens.
poldie said:
Conversely I can touch my screen really gently and nothing happens.
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Yes this how my Desire reacts also, I can very very gently touch the screen without it being registered.
Hey Cleargrey,
I can confirm this behaviour on my Desire. The explenation given by petzlux is also correct.
Friendly regards,
Joost
The force is strong in you, my young padawan!
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Hey Cleargrey,
I can confirm this behaviour on my Desire. The explenation given by petzlux is also correct.
Friendly regards,
Joost
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Thanks. But I prefer to believe I have supreme ethereal powers.
I HATE using the iphone that my friends have because i cannot use my nail. I am so used to using my nail since 2004. I wish they would have used resistive multi touch instead of capacitive.
Guess i will be keeping my TD 2 for a long long time.
Guess you are.
What's the point of this thread and why couldn't you just post your opinion in the "WP7 is complete fail" thread?
Capacitive are much better than resistive screens for touch screen phones and that's a fact(you just need to get used to them). For tablets it's the other way around.
It would be awesome if someone figured out a way to utilize both techs.
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It would be awesome if someone figured out a way to utilize both techs.
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Read through the feature list of this touchscreen technology: http://www.atmel.com/products/touchscreens/default.asp?family_id=701
The eleventh bullet point states: "Supports stylus, fingernails, and gloves". BTW this touchscreen technology is used on the HTC Droid Incredible and the HTC EVO. Maybe you could test if it works on those screens if you come across either of those phones.
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Read through the feature list of this touchscreen technology: http://www.atmel.com/products/touchscreens/default.asp?family_id=701
The eleventh bullet point states: "Supports stylus, fingernails, and gloves". BTW this touchscreen technology is used on the HTC Droid Incredible and the HTC EVO. Maybe you could test if it works on those screens if you come across either of those phones.
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Doesn't work according to owners of the incredible.
There are resistive screens that support both nails and multitouch.
They are not supported by Microsoft however. But we might see them in other (e.g. Android) phones in the future.
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There are resistive screens that support both nails and multitouch.
They are not supported by Microsoft however. But we might see them in other (e.g. Android) phones in the future.
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I don't expect any Android phones with resistive screens from any of the bigger Android supporters in the industry, like HTC for example. HTC has said that they learned from the HTC Tattoo to never do an Android phone with a resistive touchscreen again. It's simply too much of an inferior experience and that makes the higher cost of a capacitive touchscreen worth it.
The problem with a resistive touchscreen is that it reacts to pressure and not to contact. That's precisely what you need if you want to operate the touchscreen with your nails, but it just doesn't work well for all other touchscreen user interface manipulations. It's just a much more pleasant experience if the screen reacts to your input without having to barely do anything, it makes using the touchscreen a much more delightful experience.
Another problem with a resistive touchscreen is the fact that because it reacts to pressure, the screen need to be flexible. This means that you can't use a tempered glass screen or something similar on a resistive touchscreen device and you can't (or it's very very hard to) make a device with a touchscreen that's flush with its bezel. The former means that your screen a more prone to scratching and also that it makes the underlying screen a bit more vulnerable to damage.
Now I agree that a capacitive touchscreen also has its drawbacks, but for a mobile phone or a PMP a capacitive touchscreen and a finger friendly user interface is preferable in my opinion compared to a resistive touchscreen. There are other market segments and usage scenarios where a device with a resistive touchscreen is preferable to a capacitive touchscreen, for example in Postal Services where the mail man can collect a signature from you on his portable device that features a resistive touchscreen or in restaurants. But for a mobile phone I'd prefer a capacitive touchscreen simply because it's much easier to use and I don't need a stylus (too cumbersome) on a mobile phone.
This is not a resistive vs. capacitive discussion. I much prefer capacitive on phones, but here's a user who wants to use his fingernails. Hence I was just stating the facts: Microsoft does not support anything but capacitive, but we might see new resistive panels on other phones (that are different from and much better than what was used in the tattoo).
Whether you like resistive screens or not is another story.
xboxhaxorz said:
I HATE using the iphone that my friends have because i cannot use my nail. I am so used to using my nail since 2004. I wish they would have used resistive multi touch instead of capacitive.
Guess i will be keeping my TD 2 for a long long time.
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I prefer resistive as well. I like to use my fingernail. I also like to draw and using a stylus on a resistive screen feels better.
But we're pretty much the odd men out, so we'll just have to get used to it.
gom99 said:
I prefer resistive as well. I like to use my fingernail. I also like to draw and using a stylus on a resistive screen feels better.
But we're pretty much the odd men out, so we'll just have to get used to it.
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I've never used a capacative screen so I don't know if I will like it or not. I don't have fingernails but I do like using my pencil or stylus in class while doing math problems on my spacetime graphic calc software so It'll be interesting to see how I feel about a capacative screen.
Resistive great for sweaty palms
For a guy who's hands sweats alot, I actually had to give up my blackberry storm for a Touch pro 2... Now, I agree that the capacitive screen is very easy to manipulate but when my hands sweat 85% of the time, a resistive screen is a godsend. While the percentage of sweaty palms vs normal palms is probably very small, capacitive screens turn to shyte when water gets on it.... and when that happens, it's like I have a brick...i cannot do anything... even if my hands get clammy, the difficulty in typing or navigating the screen is "hair pulling" awful.
To be honest... I really love using my nails and a stylus... plus you have to admit...pullng out a touch pro 2 in a meeting and then using the stylus...It just brings a green hue to the room (envy) lol!
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For a guy who's hands sweats alot, I actually had to give up my blackberry storm for a Touch pro 2... Now, I agree that the capacitive screen is very easy to manipulate but when my hands sweat 85% of the time, a resistive screen is a godsend. While the percentage of sweaty palms vs normal palms is probably very small, capacitive screens turn to shyte when water gets on it.... and when that happens, it's like I have a brick...i cannot do anything... even if my hands get clammy, the difficulty in typing or navigating the screen is "hair pulling" awful.
To be honest... I really love using my nails and a stylus... plus you have to admit...pullng out a touch pro 2 in a meeting and then using the stylus...It just brings a green hue to the room (envy) lol!
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Don't feel bad, I have Hyperhidrosis too. Probably the main reason I hate capacitive, anything I touch turns to a smudgy mess. I know you can use a stylus with a capacitive screen, but it really feels awkward with the 1cm^2 tip and the lack of precision of a real stylus. Also it's not contractable and easily stored in the device since it's not the norm to have a stylus with a capacitive screen.
I reckon y'all have got girl fingernails.
Come on guys, trim those nails, and would it kill you to use the fingernail brush every once in a while?
Capacitive screens Feck The World!
elyl said:
I reckon y'all have got girl fingernails.
Come on guys, trim those nails, and would it kill you to use the fingernail brush every once in a while?
Capacitive screens Feck The World!
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you don't need a long fingernail to touch your fingernail against something...just turn your finger more so your nail makes contact with the surface before your tip does. Unless of course you have unsightly hands where your meaty part of your finger encapulates your fingernail.
Looks good , very well done!
I know they have resistive multi touch but its probably too expensive. I might end up switching to another company for phones and i would hate too as i have been a HTC user since the wing. The capacitive glassy feel is not for me, and a stylus is a must especially for drawing and hw recognition which the hd2 and iphone have none of.
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The capacitive glassy feel is not for me, and a stylus is a must
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Same here, no stylus, no ability to use small, space efficient text....no interest.
gom99 said:
I prefer resistive as well. I like to use my fingernail. I also like to draw and using a stylus on a resistive screen feels better.
But we're pretty much the odd men out, so we'll just have to get used to it.
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I agree. I'd also rather use my stylus because I want my phone like a mini-computer. It can't use a mouse for pin-point accuracy, but a stylus sure suffices.
I understand the world is going to capacitive touchscreens and it's a shame. I always liked resistive better. It's more accurate. I know that people want to use their finger tips to swipe and sweep and whatever, but there are plenty of limitations out there to it.
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Read through the feature list of this touchscreen technology: http://www.atmel.com/products/touchscreens/default.asp?family_id=701
The eleventh bullet point states: "Supports stylus, fingernails, and gloves". BTW this touchscreen technology is used on the HTC Droid Incredible and the HTC EVO. Maybe you could test if it works on those screens if you come across either of those phones.
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Wish I had 16 fingers...
You guys could always use a capacitive stylus. Remeber capacitive screen works by detecting a change of charge in the screen. Basically things that can conduct electricity should be usable as a stylus. If you're smart, you wouldn't find it hard to modify any stylus to make it work with a capacitive screen.
Else, you could buy any of the capacitive styluses online, which usually cost 3-20 dollar-ish. The fluffy tip is the best as you don't need to hold it at an angle.
I'm still waiting for my HD2 currently, and I already ordered that stylus in advance
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You guys could always use a capacitive stylus. Remeber capacitive screen works by detecting a change of charge in the screen. Basically things that can conduct electricity should be usable as a stylus. If you're smart, you wouldn't find it hard to modify any stylus to make it work with a capacitive screen.
Else, you could buy any of the capacitive styluses online, which usually cost 3-20 dollar-ish. The fluffy tip is the best as you don't need to hold it at an angle.
I'm still waiting for my HD2 currently, and I already ordered that stylus in advance
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Yeah, but the capacitive stylus feels nothing like the resistive ones.
Will Ms only sanction the use of capacitive screens?
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Will Ms only sanction the use of capacitive screens?
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Thankfully resistive screens are a thing of the distant past. I am only too glad to never have to change another digitizer.
Ms will only sanction capacitive screens since multitouch is a requirement for OEM's
Probably. Resistive touchscreen's aren't practical for touch-friendly interfaces.
And if you want to use a stylus (with really good precision), you'll just get a screen that has a Wacom Digitizer in it, which usually also supports Capacitive touch (like the HP Touchsmart TM2).
thanks for the replies I thought that was the case but just wanted to double check.
Yeah my gf is pretty annoyed that all the new phones won't let her use her fingernails to swipe and stuff, lol.
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Yeah my gf is pretty annoyed that all the new phones won't let her use her fingernails to swipe and stuff, lol.
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These days when I use my fingernail for precision on my touch diamond 2, the digitizer gets stuck to the glass. So glad that resistive touch screens are dead
For me resistive is absolutely superior because you can navigate with anything on it.
Capactive is just "stupid".
But there are styluses for capactive, right?
doministry said:
For me resistive is absolutely superior because you can navigate with anything on it.
Capactive is just "stupid".
But there are styluses for capactive, right?
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Well capacitive screens are much better than resistive and yeah there are a few styluses for capacitive screens.
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Well capacitive screens are much better than resistive and yeah there are a few styluses for capacitive screens.
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There's an HTC one, but it looks really weird.
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I actually prefer the precision of the resistive screen. Sure, image quality is lower but my phone is a work tool rather than a portable dvd player or games console.
I liked being able to scrawl notes with my finger nail rather than using the (where's my screen gone) keyboard.
I had always thought that the need for the abiltiy to input "chinese" characters etc, would keep the resistive alive.
Frankly I don't see the big deal about multi-tap other than game playing
Oh well at least there will be more money for the third party companies that make replacement glass screens...
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I actually prefer the precision of the resistive screen. Sure, image quality is lower but my phone is a work tool rather than a portable dvd player or games console.
I liked being able to scrawl notes with my finger nail rather than using the (where's my screen gone) keyboard.QUOTE]
I've always been partial to resistive for exactly those reasons. My wife says I look silly tapping on my handset with a stylus, but I don't mind looking like a geek from 2005. I always thought the sylus was the best thing about having a smartphone/PDA (OK, maybe I REALLY AM a geek). I used to have an aftermarket stylus for my PPC6700 with a minature pen hidden inside it - so I'd always have a pen handy. You'd be surprised how often that'll come in handy. And the stylus is handy whenever you need to reset anything with a recessed reset button.
I like getting the most amount of information on my screen at one time as possible, so I don't have to keep scrolling around. Working with a spreadsheet or word doc when you've got it zoomed out to 75% (on a WVGA screen like the touch pro 2) is simply not feasible with a fingertip.
Of course, larger screens will make a big difference, but it's going to be pretty d*mn hard for me to give up my stylus. Eventually I'm going to have to get with the program, but I don't have to like it!
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The largest screen size I have had to date was the 5" on the Ameo, albeit at a lower resolution. The smallest was the touch pro
As far as I am concerned the touchflo worked well on both and I didn't need a stylus as i had trained my finger nails. I don't believe that a capacitive screen would have improved my experience in any way
I like resistive screens did you try to brake one?
I dropped a Touch Diamond 2 of my motorbike on motorway at just over 70mph. It hit a car behind me. I stopped, spend 30 min looking for it. Found battery and phone and except all cover being broken all was fine.
Resistive screens on WM devices often s**k, probably because of the OS. On the other hand resistive screen on SE Satio is great. It is solid, not mushy, and very responsive.
The logical step for manufacturers would be to market both technologies, but current marketing trend dictates capacitive because... uh... I don't know. Most people I know can't distinguish between them anyway.
Btw, I had some capacitive phones to test and I really don't understand the hype around capacitive screens. It's like using a 5cm round mouse cursor...