I've just finished applying invisibleSHIELD scratch-proofing film to my new Nokia E71 and I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with the results.

invisibleSHIELD comes in a kit and consists of the following:

• Scratch-proof film - A durable film that's 0.3mm thick that was originally designed to protect US military helicopters rotor blades from high-speed damage
• A bottle of SHIELDspray - Application solution
• A squeegee

invisibleSHIELD is available in pre-cut sheets for a variety of devices and usually comes in two flavors - screen-protector only and whole-body protection. I chose whole-body protection for my Nokia.

I won't bore you with the install details (if you're curious, you can find instructions here) but I have to say that I'm pleased with the end results. I'm someone who never had any success fitting decals on model airplanes but I had no problems fitting the various pieces of film to my E71. In fact, the whole process took some 5 minutes. I usually try to fit screen protectors to my devices but as a rule I mess up with the adhesive kind and either fix it crooked or trap horrendous air bubbles in the process. Because you apply invisibleSHIELD wet, there's none of these problems to deal with. And even if you do mess things up, it's easy to peel off the bit and start again.

You're supposed to wait some 12 hours before switching on your device after fitting invisibleSHIELD (I guess to allow any SHIELDspray that might have entered the device to evaporate) but I'm impatient so fired it up immediately and I can't see a single air bubble or smear on the screen. I can see a few imperfections if I look REALLY closely but these don't bother me, and according to the makers should become even less apparent over the next few days. The whole device feels a lot better in the hand too as the thin film gives the cellphone some much needed grip.

Overall, I'm very pleased with the results.

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