Today I received the screen protector that I ordered a few weeks ago. This is the one I ordered and it came with two screen protectors and a cleaning cloth:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-Exim-matte-Screen-Protector-for-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X200-X201-X201i-X-series-/261092425963?item=261092425963&ViewItem=&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:AU:3160&nma=true&si=M6dN5I2U68EyvSBEqosTfeRMXuw%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557.
The screen protector is the exact size of the S1080 screen, but with square corners. I chose to do the installation in our smaller bathroom, as that is usually the most dust free environment in the house. I had a small dresser in the bathroom that was a perfect place to do the installation, so I cleaned that to ensure there was no dust on the surface. Then I ran the shower for a few minutes to steam up the bathroom, which would hopefully catch any dust that may have been in the air.
Once the steam had settled, I took all the necessary bits and bobs into the bathroom, which included a cutting board (that I'd cleaned and placed on the dresser before the steaming), a pair of scissors, a hole punch to suit the thumb mouse and the screen protector. I then removed the S1080 screen protector and laid it carefully over the new screen protector top surface (leaving on the protective layer) and then cut the round corners and put a hole in the new screen protector for the thumb mouse (I didn't bother with the camera, as I never use it). The original screen protector made a good template and I've saved it if/when I need to do this again.
The next part was the most difficult, as it always is. I tried to make sure that the screen was absolutely dust free, but inevitably a few spots carefully hid themselves until the screen protector went over the top and once there, they wouldn't come off. Following the instructions, which are fairly common for all screen protector installations, I placed the protector first over the thumb mouse and then proceeded to slowly roll the protector along the length of the S1080 screen. Using a credit card, I carefully pushed as many air bubbles as I could while lowering the protector, but invariably, I couldn't get rid of all of them.
Once I'd reached the end, the protector sat fairly well on the screen, but there were plenty of bubbles everywhere. So carefully and patiently I continued to push and scrape with the credit card and eventually managed to get rid of all the bubbles. Even the few dust spots that remained, ended up being fairly unobtrusive. One thing I found was that I hadn't quite laid the protector squarely on the screen and, along a few edges, the protector was resting on the rubber trim and wouldn't sit on the screen. I wasn't going to lift the protector off and start again, so I just lifted the edge and with the scissors, trimmed a sliver off the protector and all was good.
The protector itself is excellent. It has a beautiful matte surface, as good as the factory one. If/when I do this again, I'll use the original protector again as a template, but this time I'll look at maybe trimming just a little off the long and short edge of the new protector, to give me some room for error when laying down the protector. So if your screen is looking somewhat manky, this screen protector will definitely bring back what you've been missing.
