Windows Phone Thoughts: NuShield Screen Protectors Reviewed

Performance
With any screen protector that I have used in the past there are generally three areas it will need to preform well in to keep me satisfied: clarity, no dust, and feel as a writing surface.

(i) Clarity
Some of the other reviews of the NuShield that I have read have mentioned a "slight loss of clarity" or an "increase in glare" with the NuShield installed, but I have to say that when I first installed the NuShield I would have been very hard pressed to find much difference at all between the screen with and without. Over time, the NuShield's clarity has noticably lessened. After one month I removed the NuShield and cleaned it and the screen. When I replaced the Shield it was, once again, pretty much the same as without the screen protector. After the second month and a further wash and reinstall I did feel that there was some extra "cloudyness" but not so much that I really noticed. Now, after three months the NuShields' clarity has, however, definately deterioated to the point that I will be replacing it.

Three months from the one protector is pretty good in my books.

(ii) Dust
Quite simply this just has not been an issue with the NuShield on my Toshiba. The fit seems to be snug enough not to let any dust get between the screen and the protector. Of course, it is important to make sure therre is no dust there in the first place!

(iii) Feel
Now this is a particularly important issue for me. My main input method is Calligrapher and I tend to write on my PPC quite a lot. I have always found the surface of most PPC screens to be a bit too slick for my liking and that is something that I look to a screen protector to remedy as well as just protecting the screen.

This was the one area that I felt the NuShield could have been better. Although better than the unprotected screen it was not quite as "paper like" as I like. Still this is a pretty subjective area. I know a lot of users prefer a slick glass like feel, while for others the whole issue may not be important at all.

Conclusions
Overall, I have to say that in all of the three areas of performance that would guide my decision whether to use a particular screen protector, the NuShield performed more than well enough to be a "keeper".

Yes the fitting is a bit more fiddly than some others, but it does have the advantage (at least in my experience) of not suffering from "bubbling" like adhesive based protectors seem to. Against that, o