flyingtoastr wrote:Until there is a way to graft a diffusion grating into Gorilla Glass this is simply going to be a fact of life. Be careful with your devices, eh.
As the person who dropped her old Blackberry a zillion times and never broke it, but once dropped her Galaxy S2 (with Gorilla Glass) and shattered the screen on that single solitary drop, I don't know that even Gorilla Glass is the answer.
My Galaxy S3 lives in a very protective case now. 
keriflur wrote:
flyingtoastr wrote:Until there is a way to graft a diffusion grating into Gorilla Glass this is simply going to be a fact of life. Be careful with your devices, eh.
To me, though, this sounds like a product rushed to market. What's B&N's long term plan for all the returned devices? And what's a user supposed to do if regular use (i.e. tapping the screen) can cause damage? It just seems a bit poorly thought out.
Try tapping the screen instead of hitting it with a club?
In all seriousness, these "holes" (not what they are in the least, but whatever) are caused by blunt force deforming the glass enough that the diffusion grating doesn't work correctly. If you're careful with the device you will be fine. Normal wear and use shouldn't cause issues. If it does, BN will handle it (just like they did the page-turns on the 1st Edition).
As with any first-generation technology, there's going to be growing pains. It comes with the territory of being an early adopter.
