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Venue 8 Android Screen Surface and Sensitivity
I was wondering if anyone knows what material the Venue 8 Android screen surface is made of. Is it glass or plastic? I only want to know how hard the screen surface is so I know how well it needs to be protected from scratching or gouging. While glass may be more fragile in terms of shattering if dropped, it is pretty well protected from basic scratches in use. I had a plastic faced tablet before and its surface was more vulnerable to scratches than the glass one I also have.
Secondly, while my Venue 8 has not become touch "frozen" as many have complained, I find it less sensitive t both my fingers and styli compared to my glass surfaced tablet. I often have to tab things more than once, especially if the area is near a corner or edge near the bezel. Has anyone noticed this? It would be nice if the touch sensitivity could be adjusted either overall, or edges versus middle.
chen_tso
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December 21st, 2013 23:00
Try enabling the "pointer location", and "show touches" in the input settings under developer options. See if the points are actually being touch correctly.
1stDell
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December 22nd, 2013 01:00
Thanks for responding and suggesting this.
For people who are unaware (as I was), Android version 4.2 doesn't show developer options on the settings page until you do the following:
Developer Options shows up just above "About Tablet" toward the end of the menu list once you tap "Build number" enough times.
It seems once you have done so, the Developer options remain on the menu until you do a complete reset of the tablet.
I have checked the tablet using this. It appears the tablet is a five touch system. The touch locations appear to pretty accurate. However, I am still experiencing the non-responses randomly. My sense is that something is getting in the way of the response, like the tablet is "busy" ding something behind the scenes. It could be that certain apps are just now written well and are slow to return control to the screen. I am definitely not getting the freezing that others are describing, however.