i also have this skin on my pearl and i am happy with it. its only about 8$ and if you take your time applying the skin, you wont notice it. so the cool shiny pearl will stay the cool shiny pearl and not some random mobile covered in a big and non transparent skin/case..

yes you have, but just take your time, dont use too much water/soap and dont turn the pearl on right after you applied the skin. should not be a problem..

i also bought a skin for my ipod. that one is even better