I know, screen protectors are a pretty basic accessory, and hardly seems like something to get techcited about. Frankly, most of the ones I\u2019ve tried have been junk. Add to that the fact that my main phone is a Palm Pre (stop pointing and laughing! It\u2019ll take over any day now.), there are few screen protectors that even fit my phone without breaking out a pair of scissors. So mine usually goes naked.<\/p>\n
When recently confronted with a table full of Wrapsol<\/a> products, I gave a half-hearted, \u201cdo you support Palm phones\u201d expecting the usual negative answer, and instead got a \u201cnot with us, but what\u2019s your address?\u201d Lo and behold, not long after, a WrapSol came for me to try out.<\/p>\n The first thing I noticed was that it was more than a screen protector, having both a front and back cover, which is supposed to \u00a0\u201cenhance grip\u201d.\u00a0 Nice. A lot of phones today are kinda slippery, and the Palm Pre is a perfect case in point. But would \u00a0would it really make a difference in gripping?<\/p>\n Installing was pretty easy. The instructions are a pretty simple diagram (mine showed an iPhone instead of a Pre, which was mildly odd). It comes with a screen cloth and even a wet wipe so you don\u2019t leave prints. Both are nice touches, even if the wipe didn\u2019t seem to work so well for my particular fingertips.<\/p>\n The back went on easy, but the curve of the front made it tricky \u2013 this is less a Wrapsol issue and more a Pre one (and a little \u201cme\u201d too). The problem is either the mic hole got covered or the earpiece was partially. Fortunately, the Wrapsol is removable, unlike some other screenguards where it\u2019s \u201cmess up and you\u2019re done for\u201d. Eventually, I got the front on with minimal bubbles, thanks to the included foam squeegee. Interestingly, the next day there were less bubbles. Apparently that\u2019s a Wrapsol \u201cfeature\u201d, and one I like. I can never get these things on without bubbles<\/p>\n In terms of feel, the protector is barely noticeable. It really does add some friction to the Pre, so the grip enhancement claims are true. The best feature, though, is one that I wasn\u2019t expecting.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever used any of Palm\u2019s current gen phones \u2013 or any phone with inductive charging \u2013 you may have noticed that they tend to get hot to the touch after recharging, sometimes uncomfortably so. The Wrapsol protector is designed to allow the Touchstone to charge the phone and it being there actually had the side effect of insulating the phone. It felt noticeably cooler, which made it more enjoyable to use.<\/p>\n Honestly, even if I didn\u2019t think the Wrapsol was a good protective device, that last feature would sell it for me. If you use an inductive charger (be it a TouchStone or one of the fine solutions from Duracell, Energizer, et al.) \u00a0you should check this out. It\u2019s a low-cost solution to not toasting your fingers.<\/p>\n You can purchase a Wrapsol protector for just about any device you can think of (including the iPad, which I\u2019ll be trying out next) at Wrapsol<\/a> or via Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I know, screen protectors are a pretty basic accessory, and hardly seems like something to get techcited about. Frankly, most of the ones I\u2019ve tried have been junk. Add to that the fact that my main phone is a Palm Pre (stop pointing and laughing! It\u2019ll take over any day now.), there are few screen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,1085],"tags":[63,93,96,94,92,95],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11345,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions\/11345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}