Mobile computing devices are the norm. They are the new requirement for being connected. It’s as standard as having a TV or calculator. Hold on! Almost all phones now have calculators. An element of this new common place for these devices include a few accidents. When I dropped my mobile phone, before it hit the ground I was already considering how much it would cost to replace. Nonetheless, to my surprise the smartphone’s glass display had not been broken or cracked. I suspected there had to be something unique about the material in the screen cover. As it so happens, it is constructed from a material called Gorilla Glass produced by Corning.
Today’s cell phones, tablets and laptops take a beating. While being shuffled around during the course of our daily lives we require the screens to be crystal clear, resists scratches and not shatter from drops, bumps and mishaps. It should likewise be thin and light-weight. Corning’s Gorilla Glass accomplishes this.
Gorilla Glass is manufactured out of an alkali-aluminosilicate. It’s about 30 times harder than plasti, roughly as hard as sapphire crystals and not as hard as diamond, but very close. Additionally it has a the ability to resist fracturing from an existing crack or chip.
Gorilla glass can be manufactured to be as thin as 0.5 mm. This makes it an excellent cover for touch screens. Because the material can be manufactured to be thin it can transfer the pressure or change in electrical current, with respect to the technology used by the smartphone developer.
On January 9, 2012 Corning announced Gorilla Glass 2. This next generation glass can be made 20% thinner and keep the same durability as its predecessor. Corning has made available on their website two videos demonstrating the strength and ruggedness of Gorilla Glass. In the first video a 4.0 Lbs ball is dropped from a height of approximately 3 feet onto a 1mm thick piece of glass. In the second video a baseball is launched at 50 MPH at an 0.8mm sheet of Gorilla Glass. Obviously in both cases the sheet of glass doesn’t break. Amazing!
Some of the Android and Windows tablets are presently using Gorilla Glass. These include but are not limited to: Acer Iconia Tab, Iconia Smart, Asus Transformer Pad Infinity; Motorola Xoom, Xoom2 and XYBOARD and Samsung Galaxy Note.
Before selecting a device read some Android tablet reviews or mobile phone reviews to see which features are offered. Checking theAndroid tablet reviews and specifications will assure you get what you want.
