"Mad Scientist Jr" <usenet_daughter******.com> wrote in message
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> >From what I have seen older "soft" PDA screen types (like Cassiopeia
> E-100/105 and NEC MobilePro 770, both ran Win CE 2.11) are more
> sensitive than the newer "hard" PDA screens (like the iPAQs). This
> makes a big difference for applications like drawing. The only drawback
> is they had bad visibility in daylight. Do any current PDAs (or tablet
> PCs) have comparable touch screens to the old soft screens?
>


Most of them do... you can adjust the screen pressure accordingly via the
registry. My PPC-6700 was too non-sensitive for my liking at first, but now
it feels more like the older ppcs of which I was fond. (Also it might be
good to note that I like incrasing the size of the vertical scroll for
easier pen interaction as well, but I digress).

If you re curious, here is the info pretty much as found. (For reference,
my initial value was 7332). Use at your own risk, etc. but I personally
like the results - for example on the ppc6700 the onscreen keyboard would
not always get the first hit until I did this:
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Minimize Pressure when Tapping the screen

Ever got used to tapping without screen protectors and suddenly you put
some screen protector and have a pecuilar feeling (some-what like tapping
harder than u normally do) due to the increase thickness of the protector?

Well i have gone to that and finally ive done some simple tweaks to my xda
mini.

I also figure out this could lessen normal wear and tear(scratching of
protectors/PDA screens) since lesser pressure is applied to Tap the screen

here's what i did..

thru the PHM registry editor(or any PPC registry editor)

go to..

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Drivers\Touch

or find 'Threshold'

Change the value of Pressure Threshold.(INCREASE value ONLY!!!)

what i did is set the value at 11880.

i tried doubling the default value. until i have reached my desired
setting.

now,its like tapping soflty without having a feeling that i have screen
protector. Also less stress on the stylus and screen and faster tapping.:-)

WARNING: Only INCREASE THE VALUE BUT NEVER THE DECREASE THE DEFAULT VALUE.

Lowering the value of Pressure Threshold means you need to apply more
pressure in tapping than you normally do.

ive tried this and when i soft reset, the screen won't react even if i
apply deep pressure in tapping so i needed to do a HARD Reset!!!

So don't ever think of lowering the value, JUST INCREASE but NEVER LOWER!!