Constantly worried about fingerprints or smudges
on your iPhone or your iPod Touch?
How often do you feel compelled to clean the
screen?
Ever disconnect a call, stop a video, or change a
song because you were wiping off a smudge?
You may have EDT-OCD (Electronic Device Triggered Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder).
I used to be normal (well normal enough), now if
my iPod Touch isn’t smudge free, I can’t handle it.
It happens with my Blackberry Pearl too, but
at least that has keys!
With the iPhone and the iPod Touch, YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO TOUCH THE SCREEN.
How cruel is that?
“Look what we developed! It’s a shiny, sleek, and way cool new device. Operate
it with a touch of your finger and, oh yeah (hehehehe)
getting fingerprints on it will drive you nuts!”
I’m waiting for this to show up in the
DSM V.
Hi Steve –
I bet if we looked there may already be a Facebook support group! Too funny.
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Ann, your post cracked me up: in the midst of the meetings in Seattle last week a new iPhone user freaked because of the smudge-factor.
Until the DSM V includes this condition, might I suggest, at minimum, a Facebook support group?
Breathe deeply, but not directly on the screen…
Too funny – do you wipe your face too or use hands free???
I keep an alcohol swab in my bag. Before I use my iphone, I wipe my finger over the alcohol swab. This removes any grease or oil and my iphone is smudge free.