Recently - From January
2013:
Gorilla Glass 3 has been improved at the molecular level, incorporating a proprietary feature called Native Damage Resistance (NDR).
Gorilla® Glass is also optimized for use in handheld devices and notebook computers. Its exceptional damage resistance helps protect today’s most sophisticated electronic devices from the scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use.
Learn more
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Drop it, smack it, or
shoot it with an air rifle, and chances are you won't break, or even scratch, a piece of Gorilla Glass. Our own Brian Barrett went hands-on with a panel some time ago, and came away impressed:
Gorilla Glass is an unscratchable, unshatterable material used as a protective window for your mobile phone, PMP, or laptop display. It's in 65 products already, and I can assure you that the very nice man from Corning is not faking it. Your intrepid reporter also gave this several tries with all his blogger strength, and couldn't make a dent. I was, however, able to scratch the heck out of some polycarbonate.
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Based on comprehensive understanding on how glass breaks,
Corning® created Gorilla
® Glass to better survive the real world events that commonly cause glass failure. Designed specifically for mobile devices, Corning’s Gorilla
® Glass improves screen durability without adding weight to the highly mobile tablet PCs.
Motion Tablet PCs were the first rugged tablet PCs to feature Corning’s durable Gorilla® Glass.
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Gorilla Glass hardness is comparable to that of sapphire, which is 9 on the
Mohs scale of hardness. Regular glass is much softer, closer to a 7 on the Mohs scale. The increased hardness means you're less likely to scratch your phone or monitor from daily use or contact with other items in your pocket or purse.
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You'll dig it when it shows up in a Black Betty device & when Honda starts using it ;-)
(btw - it's not OC (Owens Corning) it's GLW (Corning) developing Gorilla Glass)