Using Mobile Phones ..... or Not. :o/

[naomi24]

My husband bought me a really nice mobile phone, but it had a ‘touch’ screen (or whatever they’re called) and I simply couldn’t touch exactly the bits I needed to touch, so I’ve got one with buttons again now. It was so frustrating. I thought my fairly long nails were the problem, but I know several other people with long nails who manage perfectly well. Is anyone else hopeless with touch screen phones?

[gingejbee]

There are two types of touchscreen- capacitive and resistive. The former are pricier but more responsive. It's a good idea to have a really good "fiddle" in the shop before purchase to make sure you get on with the screen and it's responsiveness (or lack of).

[daffy654]

A capacitive stylus only costs a couple of quid from Ebay, they do work with iPhones (my daughter uses one with hers), I bought one for my HTC Desire S after a couple of days of sending garbled texts.

[naomi24]

Well, reading all this from all you clever people, it seems my first conclusion was right. I'm hopeless. Thanks for your answers - at least I know now. :o/