Gorilla Glas 2

I find it amazing that something once seen as boring as a piece of glass now has so much brand recognition.

This sounds excellent for Corning. As a company that melts glass by the pound and sells it by the square foot, 20% thinner should result in net cost savings.<p>What I'm most excited to see in production on a phone are their matte finishes. You never realize the kind of friction coefficient you're working against on today's glossy touchscreens until you've tried one with a smooth matte finish. It's miles better.<p>Anybody at CES pick anything up on new product adoption? I've only seen the news regarding Acer.

Not directly related to the article, but I find it weird that all advertisements always quantify their measurements with "up to" - In this case "up to 20% thickness reduction". If it is 20% in a majority of designs/uses, say so, or give it as an average of 15% or some such. I always feel "up to" means "best case, carefully controlled laboratory tests which has no application in the real world"

As the owner of one of many shattered iPods and iPhones, I say 20% stronger is a good start. Maybe plastic is ultimately the way of the future for handheld devices.

What I have really been waiting for is someone to make monitors with no bezel using Gorilla Glass so tiling would be better.

Highly recommend watching some of the videos. Some cool technology on show there...

Now if only they could make electrochromic gorilla glass that will "white" out your screen after failed password attempts. On second thought, it would probably result in worse than Android battery life.

"Gorilla Glass 2"

Anyone else confused by Microsoft slithering their way into this press release? I can imagine they find this to be a PR coup, and worked very hard to be a "part" of the announcement - perhaps even paying their way in. I find it ... "classless."