C:Amie- thank you for your help/guidance/advice. I decided to keep it and try to source a replacement screen/digitizer. The seller did refund a generous portion of the purchase price due to the fault in the touchscreen, which I will apply toward replacing the screen! I will let everyone know how it turns out
Btw- I love this thing! It's very different from my MobilePro- both have their pluses and minuses. It's also nice to have multiple CPU architectures to try different programs on!
